Exmouth Diving report - Muiron Islands Wednesday 6 January 2010

Such a beautiful day! We started at Whalebone today and our little reindeer wrasse was busily wafting here, there and everywhere in greeting. It was pretty surgey and all of the big shiny schools of baitfish were riding the swells - five feet one way, pause, five feet back. It was excellent fun! Lots of coral trout and rankin cod were tucked down low, right up against the reef. Nudibranchs, hermit crabs and tiny eels were scattered over the top of the coral heads. Multiple schools of yellow convict surgeons soared up and over ridges, then disappeared over the other side of the ridge on the next swell - cool to watch! The big swim-thru was almost completely sheltered from teh surge and the water was crystal blue as we made our way through shimmering curtains of glassfish.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 6-8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: strong to moderate
DEPTH: 13m

We headed around to the east side of South Muiron Island for a big snorkel in Turtle Bay - lots of turtles, reef sharks, anemonefish, schooling convict surgeons, big angelfish, blue spotted stingrays & more - and some lunch & lazing in the sunshine.

After lunch we headed south to check out East Side Bommies. Stunning dive! Juvenile lionfish, stingrays getting cleaned, an enormous turtle, black tip reef sharks, nudibranchs, big schools of drummers & trevally, parrotfish muching on the reef, giant trevally buzzing the divers. One of those dives where there's so much happening you can't keep up!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 8m