We started off as usual with a gorgeous dive at Central Station. There were fish galore of every size and shape, turtles sleeping, turtles swimming along the reef, octopus showing off, eels peering out at us, nudibranchs adding dashed of colour and, of course, manta rays! We even had an enormous 3+m manta ray circling the divers and then cruising through the cleaning station before circling the divers again.
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 20+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 17m
The whale sharks were a ways away today so we had plenty of time to relax and enjoy the scenery and humpback whales as we headed south for our first swims. We again had multiple whale sharks and multiple drops. Our last drop of the day was incredible - we stayed in the water for over 40 minutes straight, the whale shark swimming at the perfect pace for everyone to be able to move around and see him from every vantage point. Yes, we were pretty tired after such a long swim but it was just incredible.
On the drive back towards the mooring we came across a rare sight - a dead humpback whale being devoured by over 15 big sharks including a whole bunch of huge tiger sharks! It was riveting to watch. We stayed on the boat, of course, sticking cameras off the edge of the marlin board now again. This is one of the coolest things we've ever seen!
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