Exmouth Diving report - Murion Islands Wednesday 28 April 2010

Dolphins accompanied us on our trek out to the Muiron Islands today so we knew it was going to be a great day! We started at the Block and were overwhelmed by the sheer number of fish covering the site and tucked into each swim-through. A white tip reef shark ignored us and several very large octopus got dramatic from their various perches and hidey holes. Clearly they don't realise that the more they change colour, shape and texture the more we want to watch them! A congregation of 9 good sized stingrays was collected on the sand and small schools of big barracuda cruised against the deep blue background.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 15+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m

Dive two took us to Whalebone and it was warm and clear. Again, the amount of fish on this site was amazing...it's usually pretty packed but today was four times the usual density & variety! A very cool, huge pufferfish googled his eyes at us as we came in for a closer look - he spun in a little circle, but didn't seem too concerned by our curiosity. Quite a few glowing neon juvenile angelfish of several species were flitted to and fro. A lazy wobbegong shark laid motionless on a ledge while baitfish darted all around him. Such a good dive!
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 15+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 12m