We stopped at Whalebone for dive one and it was dirty. Very dirty. Luckily there were masses of fish - trevally, surgeonfish, bluebone, damsels, parrotfish, butterflyfish, angelfish, sea pike, various wrasses - but you had to be pretty up close to see them! The brilliantly coloured corals couldn't compete with the murky water and looked like muted blobs of oranges, pinks and yellows. It was still an OK dive thanks to the marine life, but we would like it a bit clearer for next time!
WATER TEMP: 30C
VISIBILITY: 2-4m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m
We trekked around to the other side of the Islands to see if the water was any better. It wasn't much. Nor'East Bommies was active with lots of zooming trevally, some barracuda, lionfish pressed up against the bommies and blue-spotted stingrays trying to make things even dirtier as they kicked up sand looking for afternoon snacks.
As so often happens here on the Ningaloo Reef, even on a really yucko viz day we were treated to something awesome - a brilliant yellow & electric blue ribbon eel!! Definitely not something we ever expect to see and once again proves that it can never be too dirty and you can never dive a site enough times!!
WATER TEMP: 30C
VISIBILITY: 2-3m
CURRENT: none; slight surface chop
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 8m
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