Exmouth Diving report - Muiron Islands Sunday 14 November 2010

A breezy day today for our Muiron Islands trip! Dive one was at Cod Spot and it was fish, fish, fish! It looked like the rankin cods were having a big party as they were everywhere we looked. Gorgeous tiera (tall fin) batfish flitted here and there. The sandy parts of the site were covered in gobies standing guard while bulldozer shrimp worked tirelessly to clean their homes - down the hole, pop back out, spit out the debris, pause, back down the hole,repeat! So fun to watch. Lots of splashes of colour from the wrasse, parrotfish, butterflyfish, damsels and angelfish.
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild - moderate
DEPTH: 16m

Whalebone was up next and despite slightly lower than usual visibility, it was still a delight. It's such a colourful and interesting site with its swim-thrus and soft coral gardens! And tons of fish, of course. White tip reef sharks, a juvenile reindeer wrasse, huge orange and green parrotfish, a big school of sea pike, green turtles, brilliant blue neon damsels, bannerfish, moorish idols and fat scorpionfish. We love it!
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild+
DEPTH: 12m

We headed to East Side Bommies for our snorkeling. Turtles, blue spotted stingrays, a school of big southern drummers, estuary cod, lionfish, sailfin catfish, anemonefish, Christmas Tree Worms and so much more - beautiful way to relax in the afternoon!