Exmouth Diving report - Lighthouse Bay Saturday 10 April 2010

So much happening at Blizzard Ridge! The baitfish are getting thicker every day and more and more predator fish - like rankin cod, coral trout, big snapper, mackerel - are coming in to grab some of the action. The olive sea snakes are also numerous - we could hardly look anywhere today without seeing at least one. Lots of nudibranchs, shrimps and tiny crabs for those who could draw their attention away from the big guys. Lionfish again were showing off their pretty fins. Pipefish pair & anglerfish still hanging out, waving at the tourists as we glide by.
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 8-10m
CURRENT: mild to moderate
SURGE: moderate
DEPTH: 14m

Gulliver's almost seemed sleepy compared to Blizzard but there were huge screens of fish covered the whole site, end to end. Several white tip reef sharks were patrolling - we'd see them in the south hole swimming slowly and then watch them glide over to the north hole where they'd swim in a circle and head back again. Nembrotha kubaryana nudibranchs were out in three different colour variations today and that's always cool to see on a single site. Two fat many spotted sweetlips were lined up side-by-side at a cleaning station, not often you see that!
WATER TEMP: 23C
VISIBILITY: 6-8m
CURRENT: moderate
SURGE: moderate to strong
DEPTH: 14m