WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: strong (it's a drift dive!)
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 25m
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Exmouth Diving report - Sponge Gardens Exmouth Gulf Tuesday 30 March 2010
It's been too long since we hit the amazing Sponge Gardens in Exmouth Gulf! Today we had a brisk current whisking us on our drift dive over stunning ground. Huge barrel sponges, sea fans bigger than two divers, sea whips, bursts of brightly coloured soft corals springing from small reef outcrops - it's scenery not found anywhere else on the Ningaloo Reef. The fish life is abundant and we had small groups of perch and snapper trailing along with us for much of the dive. Coral trout, blue bone, barracuda and trevally. The Gulf is also home to mutantly large angelfish - the 6 banded angels are easily twice the size of their reef dwelling relatives. It's awesome!
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: strong (it's a drift dive!)
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 25m
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: strong (it's a drift dive!)
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 25m
Friday, March 19, 2010
NEWS: Get your diving medical before you arrive
If you are considering doing your PADI Open Water Course here on the Ningaloo Reef, please get your Australian Standard 4005.1 medical done before you arrive as the hospital is fully booked out already and no medicals are available until after 7 April 2010 as of today.
And it won't get better after that date.
So please, don't miss out on learning to dive because you can't get a medical - contact us now and we'll point you in the right direction for getting yours done before you get here.
And it won't get better after that date.
So please, don't miss out on learning to dive because you can't get a medical - contact us now and we'll point you in the right direction for getting yours done before you get here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
PADI Member Forum - Novotel Ningaloo Exmouth Western Australia
Are you a PADI Dive Master or Instructor living, working or visiting the Ningaloo Reef? Don't miss out on the 2010 PADI Member Forum on 22 March!
Where: Novotel Ningaloo, Exmouth, Western Australia
When: 22 March 2010; tea/coffee @ 1830 and Forum begins @ 1900
What: Professional development for all PADI members
Topics: PADI Standards, Marketing Strategies for 2010, Risk Management
Where: Novotel Ningaloo, Exmouth, Western Australia
When: 22 March 2010; tea/coffee @ 1830 and Forum begins @ 1900
What: Professional development for all PADI members
Topics: PADI Standards, Marketing Strategies for 2010, Risk Management
Friday, March 12, 2010
It's Kristin's birthday & YOU get a gift!
Exmouth Diving Centre wishes Kristin a very happy 40th Birthday on 12 March and we're celebrating by giving you $40 off any of our tours!
That's a savings of 10 - 27%! On every single tour - even our Whale Shark Adventures!
You've gotta be quick, because just like one's 30's this offer is over in the blink of an eye.
24 hours is all you have to drop us an email with Happy Birthday, Kristin! in your subject line. You'll need to tell us your dates and which tours you wish to do - we'll send you a booking form to complete and return to us to secure your spaces. Your full payment is due no later than 40 hours from now (4pm Saturday 13 March, 2010, Western Australia time).
This offer applies only to new, direct bookings. No other discounts apply; cannot be combined with any other offers. Conditions apply.
That's a savings of 10 - 27%! On every single tour - even our Whale Shark Adventures!
You've gotta be quick, because just like one's 30's this offer is over in the blink of an eye.
24 hours is all you have to drop us an email with Happy Birthday, Kristin! in your subject line. You'll need to tell us your dates and which tours you wish to do - we'll send you a booking form to complete and return to us to secure your spaces. Your full payment is due no later than 40 hours from now (4pm Saturday 13 March, 2010, Western Australia time).
This offer applies only to new, direct bookings. No other discounts apply; cannot be combined with any other offers. Conditions apply.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Exmouth Diving Report - Muiron Islands Wednesday 10 March, 2010
Another sunshiney, hot Exmouth day took us out to Muiron Islands for diving & snorkelling. Whalebone looked amazing from the surface, so we dropped in here for the first dive of the day. Whitetip reef sharks, turtles, yellow boxfish, trevally, nudibranchs, goatfish, barracuda, blue spotted stingrays...everything was out and about showing off for us!
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 12m
Keyhole's visibility was quite a lot lower than our first dive, but the site more than made up for it in sheer numbers of fish. All the usual suspects were hanging around as well as a couple of stealthy brilliant yellow trumpetfish hanging almost motionless upside down as they waited for a meal to come to them, a few fat stars & stripes pufferfish, some timid octopus and a solid school of flaming red cardinalfish. There were also nudibranchs of all hues dotted the reef. It was tough to decide which dive tickled us more today!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 5-7m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 10m
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 12m
Keyhole's visibility was quite a lot lower than our first dive, but the site more than made up for it in sheer numbers of fish. All the usual suspects were hanging around as well as a couple of stealthy brilliant yellow trumpetfish hanging almost motionless upside down as they waited for a meal to come to them, a few fat stars & stripes pufferfish, some timid octopus and a solid school of flaming red cardinalfish. There were also nudibranchs of all hues dotted the reef. It was tough to decide which dive tickled us more today!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 5-7m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 10m
Exmouth Diving Report - Muiron Islands Sunday 7 March 2010
After a few windy days, we are out to the Muiron Islands at the northern end of the Ningaloo Reef for another fantastic day of diving and snorkelling.
Jaws put on quite a show with various schools of fish populated the entire reef-scape. Lots of tiny moray eels poked their heads out of holes and from under small coral outcrops. Someone must have plugged in the anglefish & butterflyfish because their yellows, purples, oranges & blues shone in crazy bright neon today. We had a couple of the cutest green turtles pretending to be asleep on the reef and then an awesome hawksbill turtle who couldn't get enough of us and kept swimming closer to the divers, then veering off before trying to sneak in close again!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m
The breeze picked up a little while we were on our first dive, so we headed for the shelter of the islands and one of our favourite sites, East Side Bommies. It was hoppping today with schools of large barracuda, drummers, convict surgeons and tiny shimmering baitfish. Turtles swam around, small reef sharks snoozed on the sand, parrotfish made a huge racket chomping on coral and lionfish flitted about showing off their amazing fins. This was another very special dive and there's no way to wipe the grins off our faces!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 8m
Tomorrow is Kristin's Big 4-0 Birthday and to celebrate she's giving YOU a special gift on Friday 12 March only, keep your eye on the blog tomorrow for details!
Jaws put on quite a show with various schools of fish populated the entire reef-scape. Lots of tiny moray eels poked their heads out of holes and from under small coral outcrops. Someone must have plugged in the anglefish & butterflyfish because their yellows, purples, oranges & blues shone in crazy bright neon today. We had a couple of the cutest green turtles pretending to be asleep on the reef and then an awesome hawksbill turtle who couldn't get enough of us and kept swimming closer to the divers, then veering off before trying to sneak in close again!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m
The breeze picked up a little while we were on our first dive, so we headed for the shelter of the islands and one of our favourite sites, East Side Bommies. It was hoppping today with schools of large barracuda, drummers, convict surgeons and tiny shimmering baitfish. Turtles swam around, small reef sharks snoozed on the sand, parrotfish made a huge racket chomping on coral and lionfish flitted about showing off their amazing fins. This was another very special dive and there's no way to wipe the grins off our faces!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 8m
Tomorrow is Kristin's Big 4-0 Birthday and to celebrate she's giving YOU a special gift on Friday 12 March only, keep your eye on the blog tomorrow for details!
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