Exmouth Diving report - Muiron Islands Thursday 24 December 2009

What a lovely way to spend Christmas Eve Day - out on the ocean checking out some diving on the Ningaloo Reef!  We headed north to the Muiron Islands (we were meant to go yesterday but it was a little too breezy to be comfortable!) and the sea was calm, the temperatures were hot and the underwater life was teeming!

Fraggle Rock was a little dirtier than we are used to but it more than made up for the lower visibility with an outstanding array of fish. In places, the fish were so thick we couldn't see the reef at all! 100s of nudibranchs were spotted, eels poked from holes, parrotfish & convict surgeons shimmied over the reef in big groups, big angelfish cruised past in pairs ... it was just a great dive for the fishies.
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 5-8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 13m

We decided to see if the other side of the Islands had some clearer water so headed to East Side Bommies. This site blew everyone away again. Masses of fish from top to bottom and covering every bommie. There were even schools of darts, fusiliers and trevally out over the sand. Blue spotted rays looked like they'd been electrified, their brilliant dots glowing so brightly you could see them for miles it seemed. Anthias, chromis and damsels danced merrily above their staghorn corals. Coral cod, blacktipped rockcod, huge estuary cod and brilliantly coloured peacock cod roamed over the whole site and at least one was hiding under every ledge. Perfect way to end the day before a smooth, gorgeous trip back to the marina.
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 8m