Exmouth Diving report - Lighthouse Bay Friday 15 January 2010

More hot, calm weather for us today! Blizzard Ridge was first up and the long-nose snapper were everywhere. Fusiliers were lining up in droves to get a thorough cleaning for a big weekend - sometimes the cleaner wrasse would almost disappear in the fusilier's mouth, they'd go so far in it looked like they could be swallowed! Nudibranchs galore - everywhere we looked there were two or three different species all in the vicinity of each other. Wobbegongs were out on top of the ridge and tucked under ledges.
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m

Labyrinth was Turtle Central again today. Turtles snoozing, swimming, taking a big breath, checking out the divers and just generally doing turtle things. A couple were having their shells cleaned by a variety of small fish. Lots of tiny shrimp bouncing around on the bubble corals and hiding down in the anemones. Batfish were dominating the cleaning stations, but a few pushy rankin cod took a turn, too. A cheeky octopus tried to fool us by pretending to be all sorts of things other than an octopus. He's probably still there showing off!
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 13m