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