Sunday 15th April 2012
After being woken by the pitter patter of
rain in the night we were surprised that the sun was around when we woke.
Following the now familiar morning routine we were soon on our way to Fish
Rock. With much flatter seas the journey seemed to fly by and before we knew it
we were in the water and off for our first dive of the day.
Dive One
With our trusty DM Mike we headed towards
the shallow end of the cave and looked around whilst we waited for another
group to head in before us. It was at this point that Jen made an awesome
discovery, a Cone Shell laying eggs – WOW!
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| Cone Shell laying eggs |
With eyes still on the look out Jen also
found a little Hermit Crab – check out those eyes!
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| Hermit Crab |
With all this going on we had to be reminded
that we were about to head into the cave and in we went. Looking back the view
through some coral was stunning.
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| Shallow entrance |
Heading down the tunnel and making our way
out of the deep end of the cave for the last time we all stopped to savour the
view.
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| Deep entrance |
Out of the cave we came face to face with
more graceful GNS swimming around looking very chilled. Whilst the girls took
some amazing photos I hunted for teeth and actually found one! YAY!
All too soon it was time to head up and have
some yummy soup and biscuits, oh yes and the obligatory mid morning Bat Fish
feeding.
Total dive time 1:04min with a max depth of
25.7m and water temp of 23c
Dive Two
This moment seems to have come all too
soon, our last dive at South West Rocks and we knew we’d enjoy it even more.
The plan was to head to Fish and Chips and look at the GNS and the fish that
hang around out the back area before heading along the wall.
Again there were lots of GNS, a school of
large Kingfish chasing a school of Yellowtail, and a school of Drummer fish.
We also saw a suspicious looking Puffer fish (possibly one of those Puffers crossed between a Toad and a Shark!!)
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| Puffer Fish |
Bec had a good look around and found a cute little happy Blenny.
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| My Happy Blenny |
During this I was being attacked (for the
second time that day) by a Damsel fish who decided I was not allowed to hang
out by his rock and thought that pulling my hair would make me leave! At the
same time a daydreaming GNS almost swam into Bec as she was concentrating on
something else! As it became startled, it made a loud crack with it’s tail as
it changed direction – which in turn startled Bec!
After all this excitement we started to
head back towards the boat and saw three large Wobbegongs chilling on a ledge,
one had its tail hanging over the edge so the perfect time for me to see what a
Wobbe feels like to touch. I wouldn’t advise this at all but will report it
felt smooth and almost soft, I would liken it to snakes skin and yes I still
have all my fingers!
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| Wobbes are friends not food! |
Not to be outdone by all this action or
maybe to bid us farewell a HUGE Turtle did a swim past and with a little
maneuvering Bec managed to get this AWESOME picture.
As a final note as we were starting to
ascend I counted the GNS below us, I did a double count and counted 19 both
times, WOW we really were extremely lucky Divas!
Total dive time 41min with a max depth of
25m and water temp of 23c
This has been an awesome diving holiday to
remember and many thanks go to the boys at South West Rocks Dive Centre who
looked after us so very well. The accommodation is great and if you get
conditions half as good as we did you’ll have a GREAT time.
See you blowing bubbles soon!
Dive Divas Australia J
Pictures by: Bec and Jen
Words by: Em
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