Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Exmouth Diving Centre report - Muiron Islands Wednesday 23 March 2011

Magical day! Indo-Pacific Humpback and bottlenose dolphins escorted on our way out to the Muiron Islands today so things were off to a fantastic start before we even hit the water.

Cod Spot was teeming with big and little marine life today. Wobbegong sharks, white tip reef sharks, moray eels of all sizes, leatherjackets, parrotfish, baitfish, sting rays, schools of convict surgeonfish, barracuda, a stonefish...it was a feast for our eyes!
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 8-10m
CURRENT: very mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 17m

Whalebone was also filled with fish and critters from top to bottom! Six-banded angelfish, Emperor angelfish, several species of butterflyfish, trevally, shrimps, drummers, many spotted sweetlips, snapper, perch, nudibranchs, scorpionfish, humbugs and bright neon damsels were just a few that we saw. Great dive!
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: very mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 13m

We also had a terrific snorkel on the east side of the Islands, finally the visibility has gotten a whole lot better in this area. The Coral Gardens were amazing with the quantity of reef fish, blue spotted rays, Christmas tree worms, sea pike...but our best sighting of the snorkel site was THREE LEOPARD SHARKS!! So cool.

And then more dolphins on the way home. Fantastic!!

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