Exmouth Diving report - Muiron Islands Wednesday 19 January 2011

What a lovely day to head out to the Muiron Islands! We stopped at Cod Spot for dive one and were treated to some amazing grey reef shark action! One did a tail-stand as cleaner wrasse hurried about their jobs and three other grey reefies patrolled the perimeter. Two of the patrol kept darting in to take pot shots at the various small fish scurrying for cover along the reef. It was very cool! We also had a big bull ray who was so thick through the body that he looked like a small mountain in the middle of the sand. A big cobia checked the divers out making us all wonder where his usual Big Friend was. All of the usual fish - angels, butterflys, trevally, barracuda, wobbegong sharks, baitfish, batfish, snapper, damsels - were abundant and the colors of of the leather corals made a lovely backdrop to the action.
WATER TEMP: 31C
VISIBILITY: 8-10m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 17m

Nor'East Bommies was next up for a fabulous dive! Crazy amount of fish life! Schooling drummers, trevally, sea pike, and convict surgeons. Lionfish. Big estuary cod & a potato cod. Orange, yellow, red, purple, blue damsels, anthias & other small reef fish. Wobbegong shark under a ledge & sleeping white tip reef sharks out in the sand. Coral trout & rankin cod. Christmas Tree Worms, nudibranchs and sparkly shrimp. Trumpetfish Fantastic!
WATER TEMP: 31C
VISIBILITY: 8-10m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 10m

We had a lovely trip home and on the way we saw a big & a little minke whale!