Dive report - Muiron Islands Sunday 23 August 2009

The Ningaloo Reef really turned on the charm for us today here in Exmouth as we traveled out to the Muiron Islands for our twice weekly full day tour.  Our first site was Fraggle Rock and it was covered in so many fish, we had to wave our arms to clear a path sometimes! Big schools of sweetlips and jacks spun tight circles on the edges of the reef while wobbegongs tucked up in dark holes, patiently getting cleaned by clear dancing shrimp. A green turtle eyed us off as we got up close and nudibranchs in all colours, shapes, sizes and patterns crawled along on urgent missions. Divers and snorkellers alike had a fantastic time here and it was hard to move to our next site!
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m

Happily, the Maze proved to be just as active today! We had white tip reef sharks, big rays, trevally and barracuda, batfish and gorgeous painted crays displaying vibrant electric blue patterns. This site also has some nice swim throughs and they were all packed with glassfish, a variety of cod, some shy moray eels and small crabs scuttling over the ledges. All of the colourful reef fish were out and about here - parrotfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, neon damsels. Great dive!
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m

We relaxed at our third site, Turtle Bay, with a big lazy snorkel. The current was very gentle and we just floated along while turtles came to check us out! More white tip reef sharks, blue spotted rays, batfish, anemonefish, parrotfish, you name it, showed off for us.

All through the trip out and back we had humpback whales strutting their stuff and on the dives you could hear whale song clear as a bell. It was a truly delightful trip.