We started our day with a snorkel & dive at Central Station. The conditions were lovely and there were lots of fish to entertain us. Bluebone, Coronation Trout, Estuary Cod, Queenfish, Batfish, Threadfin Pearl Perch, Trevally, Sailfin Catfish, parrotfish, buttrflyfish, angelfish, anemonefish, moorish idols... Small reef octopus were also pretty cool!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 6-10m
CURRENT: mild
DEPTH: 18m
The first couple of whale sharks we found were doing the bounce thing -up and down, up and down - so it was tricky to get any good time with them. But then the next whale shark we found was happy to stay up with us and we had some excellent swims! And the next two whale sharks we had were great, too! Most of the whale sharks we saw today were in the 4-6m range and all were beautiful - yay for whale shark season again!!
We had an excellent snorkel on the way back to the mooring, too. A big roughback ray under a ledge, gorgeous nudibranchs, lionfish, bright Christmas tree worms and lots of small reef fish. After the dive, while we were cruising along, we saw some dugongs - an awesome end to the day!
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