We started at Whalebone and the rich blue water provided a stunning backdrop to all of the red, yellow, orange & pink soft corals. We timed our dives just right to get the maximum effect of the rays of sunlight streaming through - watching the beams dance over the sand, reef and fishes is completely mesmerizing. All of our usual suspects were plentiful: parrotfish, trevally, white tip reef sharks, turtles, blue spotted rays, moray eels, nudibranchs, damsels, anthias, butterflyfish, sailfin catfish. It was almost like diving in an aquarium: beautiful visibility, fish so close & plentiful you almost had to push them out of the way and the colours of the reef seeming like someone had painted the perfect scenery. Oh, and did we mention warm?!
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m
Keyhole's colour was amazing today, too. The water here had a beautiful green hue instead of the truer blue at Whalebone, but it made the sea fans, leather corals and soft corals almost glow. All of the fish were out in force from the smallest anemonefish dancing on the tips of anemones to big estuary cod patrolling the reef edges. Several small schools of convict surgeonfish tumbled over the top of the reef and mid-sized barracudas hung under ledges & over the sand. Fantastic dive!
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m
We had a delicious lunch and a big drift snorkel at Turtle Bay and it's certainly living up to its namesake! There were turtles everywhere - often in groups of two or three. Mating season has well and truly started! We watched them start to get frisky from the boat and during our snorkel...it's amazing to see them right up close in the water. The turtle action was so awesome it was hard to tear ourselves away to see all the other cool stuff like rays, sharks, eels, anemonefish, threadfin pearl perch, parrotfish, angelfish...excellent snorkel area again today!
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