Day: 27 December 2015

Summary:

Spot: Oasis Viz: 15m    Temp. Water: 24º 

Besides the rain this morning we had a pretty cool dive on Oasis! At the beginning we had a few whites tips come by to check us out, followed by a lazy leopard shark resting on the sandy bottom. Just before our ascent we had an elegant ray cruise by right about us. There wasn't much of a current and the water was 24C.

Day: 26 December 2015

Summary:

Spot: Reggies Viz: 15m    Temp. Water: 27º 

What a brilliant dive this morning at Reggies! We had a lot of shark action on the reef. After the swim through, we had 3 leopard sharks freely swimming along the reef. There were plenty of grey reef and white tip reef sharks cruising all around us. 

Day: 23 December 2015

Summary:

Spot: Manta Reef Viz: 15m    Temp. Water: 27º 

Great dive at Manta this morning! Visibility was about 15m with a super warm water temperature of 27. We started the dive on the south drop in the canyon with no current and saw a dragon moray and long-fin batfish. As we reached the south wall and swam into the pinnacles we saw a grey spotted guitarfish and finished with a beautiful brown African grouper.  

Day: 22 December 2015

Summary:

Spot: Salon Viz: 15m    Temp. Water: 27º 

We had a beautiful dive at Salon today with warm 27C water. The dive lasted about 45 mins and we saw an abundance of beautiful macro life such as; thorn back box fish, two large octopus, crocodile fish, catfish and lots of other beautiful small fish. Towards the end of the dive we saw an awesome curious sting ray that stayed with us until we surfaced! 

Day: 12 December 2015

Summary:

Spot: Chamber of Secrets Viz: 10m    Temp. Water: 25º 

It was a lovely dive this morning at Chamber of Secrets with a max depth of 17m. The visibility was variable between 5-10m and the water was a warm 25C. On the dive we saw plenty of bright yellow snappers above the reef. In the little caves we saw some beautiful juvenile batfish. We also saw a marvelous display of an octopus changing colors directly on the reef!

Manta Reef and Salon, Great diving!!!

Beautiful dive out at Manta Reef yesterday followed by a just as good Salon dive! Starting off with Manta Reef: Not really any current to speak of as well as some good visibility. Lovely big Loggerhead Turtle just off the drop, surrounding him/her were 2 Leaf Fish, 1 Stone Fish, 1 Painted Frog Fish and a little Crocodile Fish. As always schooling snappers everywhere as well as a couple of Bat Fish above them, really was a stunning dive! Next up to Salon: More of the little guys on this one but we certainly had some nice variety! 1 Baby Sea Moth, 1 Stick Pipefish, 1 Spanish Dancer, 1 Crocodile Fish, 1 Spotted Guitar Shark and 2 Kuhl Rays! Really couldn't have asked for more! :)

Second visit from a Silky Shark at Galleria!!!

Some great diving occurred yesterday with us out for a double tank dive to Galleria and EN1! Starting with Galleria: Nice stunning blue visibility although a little less on the bottom but we had a lovely Honeycomb Whiptail sitting in the sand, a Devil Ray during the ascent and then to end it all off, a BIG Silky Shark that came right up close to us! Have a little video clip to follow that you can all see, to view this just find us on Facebook ;) Next up was EN1: What a beautiful dive this was! Again nice and blue, very relaxed dive but with lots of life for us to enjoy! We had 2 Leopard Sharks, 1 Hawksbill Turtle, 1 Green Turtle, a Spotted Guitar Shark, 2 Stone Fish, a Leaf Fish and a couple of Crocodile Fish! Amazing day out in the big blue ocean :)

Silky Shark seen on Galleria!!!

What a magical dive we had yesterday on Galleria! Dropping down into the beautiful blue of the warm ocean it didn't take us to long before we had our first sightings, 12 Honeycomb Whiptail Rays all together chilling on the sandy bottom, such beautiful creatures with their incredibly long tails! Next up was another amazing sighting as we had a very impressive Silky Shark (big as well!) come cruising past, what a sight to see! As the dive continued we had a couple more encounters with the ever so graceful Devil Rays, fantastic watching them when they start their "fighter jet" turns below you. Was a super start to the morning and you cant ask for much more than that! :)

Magical Days of Diving!!!

Just to give all you guys an update over the last 3 days of diving, have really had some cracking dives! Friday: A trip out to the North for a Reggies dive, a bit of a chilly bottom but that actually worked to our advantage. Pushed up above the cold water 2 Leopard Sharks and 5 Whitetip Reef Sharks who were pretty much swimming all around us! Not at all finished as we had a further 7 Spotted Eagle Rays come gliding past, MAGIC!!! Saturday: Headed out to a new dive site for the first time, EN1, absolutely fantastic! First dive we had 5 Leopard Sharks, 2 Honeycomb Whiptail Rays and a Hawksbill Turtle, also a huge school of Bat Fish which is always special. Second dive we had again 5 Leopard Sharks, 3 Honeycomb Whiptail Rays, 2 Green Turtles and once again a Hawksbill Turtle, what a beautiful Dive Site! Yesterday: Starting down South with Robs Bottom, a little more quiet but a very beautiful blue visibility, 1 Giant Guitar Shark and a school of Bigeye Trevally. Galleria down for the second, this one had a little more life and we were lucky enough to have a couple of Bottlenose Dolphins cruise in to say hello, Dolphins on a dive are always welcome! Also had another Spotted Eagle Ray pass by, all in all a pretty good couple of beautiful dives over the last few days!!! :)

Bowmouth Guitar Shark on Manta Reef!!!

Amazing dive down South at Manta Reef this morning! Dropping down and spending pretty much most of our dive on the Northern drop point, which was were everything seemed to be. Starting off with a couple of the smaller creatures, 1 White Leaf Fish, a Torpedo Ray, small Octopus and 2 Painted Frog Fish, then we saw a couple of the bigger guys. Starting with a big Bowmouth Guitar Shark who cruised out in front of us, with a smaller Blotched Fantail Ray coming to inspect a bit closer and then lastly a Loggerhead Turtle! Just to end of the dive we had a school of Bat Fish playing around and amongst us on the Safety Stop, really was a beautiful day out this morning :)

Sharks, Sharks and more Sharks!!!

Just an update for a awesome double tank out at Amazon and Oasis yesterday! Starting with Amazon: As we got down to the bottom we were met by a beautiful Leopard Shark, he seemed very relaxed with us and spent a good deal of time chilling around allowing us to watch him close up, after that we had steady encounters of Whitetip Reef Sharks, sometimes up to 3 together and we reckon there were at least 8 in total, getting near to the end of the dive we had the pleasure of watching a Spotted Eagle Ray cruise by, upon ascent just before the safety stop we also had a Devil Ray playing down below us! Great visibility and not a lot of current also helped us out on that first dive! Next up was Oasis: Although the visibility was not as great as our first dive it definitely was the dive of the morning! A very similar situation as our first dive in terms of the Sharks, however this time round we sometimes would have 3-4 Whitetip Reef Sharks to one side with another 2-3 on the other, found a couple of them sleeping on the sandy bottom as well, all in all we would say about 11 different ones! Also had a Grey Reef Shark, 2 Blotched Fantail Rays (one was pretty huge!), a Bowmouth Guitar Shark, a little Leaf Fish and to end off our dive 13 Devil Rays which came around twice! Fantastic day of diving!!! :)

Manta Reef, Blue and full of life!!!

Awesome dive out this morning to Manta Reef! Great visibility with hardly any current and a lot of life down there! We saw 2 Loggerhead Turtles ( 1 hiding in a cave and another 1 swimming past ), 2 Painted Frog Fish, 2 Stone Fish, 1 Black Leaf Fish, 1 Harlequin Shrimp and a huge friendly Potato Grouper! Lovely blue warm water ( 27 degrees ) and it was just a magical start to the morning! :)

Fantastic conditions at Salon!!!

Another great dive out on Salon yesterday morning! Again having seen both the Frog Fish ( big Orange one and the little White one ) which are always special to look at, the little ( big ) Sea Moth, two Marbled Octopus ( the bigger one putting on a little colour changing show for us ), a beautiful baby Peacock Flouder and a well camouflaged Crocodile Fish! No current with a very welcome 28 degree water temperature and blue visibility, cant really ask for anything better! :)

Salon full of LIFE!!!

Fantastic shallow dive out this morning at Salon! We had an abundance of beautiful little sea creatures throughout our dive! Starting with a impressive orange Frog Fish, which is always a special site to see, 2 lovely little Sea Moths, 2 Cleaner Pipefish, 1 cute little Stick Pipefish, 1 White Leaf Fish, a couple of our usual Kuhl Stingrays as well as all our other favourite suspects. Really was a great day out on and under the ocean! :)