Exmouth Diving report - West Side full day Wednesday 9 June 2010

We love diving on the West Side! Today we started at Three Fins and it looked like all the reef creatures had been waiting for us to visit. We saw turtles, sting rays, white tip reef sharks, a small wobbegong tucked under a ledge, a solid curtain of mid-sized surgeonfish, big green and orange parrotfish, brilliant yellow trumpetfish and a single green trumpet hanging upside down. The ledges and nooks were filled with small shrimp, eels, a few nudibranchs and clear glassfish. Very pretty.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 19m

Central Station was also a fish-fest with good sized schools of trevally, threadfin pearl perch, stripey pufferfish, convict surgeons and a smaller school of short barracuda. Many spotted sweetlips and nor'west snapper were roaming around near the top of the reef. Several smallish green moray eels acted all shy when we passed but then stuck their noses out a bit more as curiosity got the better of them.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 6-8m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 15m

We saw a few humpback whales, some dolphins and a speedy manta ray as we cruised down the back of the reef. We also caught a glimpse of a minke whale as it came in very close the boat and then swam away. Nice variety of creatures here on the Ningaloo Reef today!