Whalebone was aglow with colour and so many parrotfish it was crazy. Butterflyfish and angelfish were also ridiculously abundant and a few big coral trout were hiding under ledges with their electric blue spots glowing like they were plugged in! We were cruising down one canyon and suddenly everything went dark - and then there were a zillion tiny shimmering points of silver. There were so many of these teensy baitfish that you could not see your buddy. Then poof! they disappeared again and the light came back! Mesmerising! Later in the dive we had the coolest reindeer wrasse flitting erratically over a big leather coral that he has clearly staked out as his territory.
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 13m
Keyhole was awesome, too. In addition to all of the brightly coloured fish that are usual on this site, several well camouflaged wobbegongs were right out in the open, lounging on the limestone without a care in the world. Some good sized rankin cod gave us the squinty eye and a school of small barracuda popped in, circled us at a distance and then swam off again.
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 10m
The conditions on both sides of the Islands were simply perfect, but we decided to trek into Turtle Bay to see some turtle tracks on the beach and check out any late mating action. Not only did we have turtles, but also a huge shovelnose ray was lounging on the sand, right where we jumped in for our snorkel! Awesome way to work off our huge lunch!
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