Exmouth Diving report - Muiron Islands Sunday 27 December 2009

We had a little more breeze come in earlier than expected today so the surface was a little choppy as we dropped in for our first dive at Cod Spot. Happily all of the fishes were excited to see us and we had a lovely dive. Big 6 banded angelfish seemed to be everywhere - or a couple were following us! - and we also saw more Emperor Angels than usual, too. A silvery school of small barracuda charged in and out of a big wall of baitfish while lazy cod circled around picking off the unfortunates on the edges. Gorgeous little red & electric blue sea stars scattered over the reef and nudibranchs added little outbursts of colour.  The top of this site always astounds us with colour and beauty, no matter how many times we dive it - there are just so many different shades of oranges, yellows, reds, purples, blues, greens and pinks.
WATER TEMP: 22C
VISIBILITY: 5-8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 16m

We ducked around to the eastern side of South Muiron Island for lunch and our second dive. East Side Bommies had chop on the surface but the visibility was better and the fish life was really active. Our group kept getting circled by a big school of trevally - so close you could feel them pass! Scorpionfish, moray eels, reef sharks, more nudibranchs and huge clouds of pink anthias kept us engaged as we weaved in and out of the awesome bommies.
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 7m