Seal Rocks TURNS IT ON!

Have we got exciting reports for you!

Seal Rocks has turned ON in the last week, with some very lucky divers heading down there on Sunday for some shark packed diving.

First dive in at Little Seal Rock had 2 massive Grey Nurses and plenty of fish. The vis could have been better, with only around 10m. Water temp was 19 degrees. 

The second dive at Big Seal Rock was what impressed everyone.

There were no less than 30 sharks in the western gutter, all swimming in and out and around our very happy divers. Our divemasters lead their groups over to the fish bowl where king fish and grey nurses flitted around, a bit stirred up. What was stirring them up? We don't know. We couldn't see anything, but the Nurses started hiding behind our group of divers so there was something out there in the blue. Everyone came up whooping and cheering after that dive - boy was I sad that I was shop wench on that day. The Vis was about 10 m at Big Rock as well, water was a bit warmer at 21 degrees.
We got in yesterday for a dive at Spot A and a dive at the Bait Grounds. 

Heaps of eels and even an Octopus at Spot A, vis was okay at 5- 8m, water temp varied between 22 degrees down to 19.

We headed in shore to the Bait Grounds on a hunch we'd find sharks, and we did!

As we descended the mooring line we were met with two sea cows casually travelling along the sandy bottom.

One of our divers knelt on the bottom and got promptly zapped by a numb ray. What a shocking start!

Just as I began to lead the divers around the site, a Grey Nurse cruised past less than 2 metres in front of the group. And as we explored the area, this was pretty typical, with not a minute going past without spotting a shark! Incredible! There was a massive eel in one of the holes with two cleaner shrimp sitting on top of him. So much life and colour on this dive site, and all with a max depth of 9 metres! Woo hoo!!

Headed off to Seal Rocks on Friday, and diving locally out of Forster tomorrow. You'll have to book though, its pretty special at the moment, and there aren't a lot of places left!

Keep those bubbles popping,

Gabs
Dive Forster at Fisherman's Wharf

p.s. those of you who may be interested in joining us for a dive on the S.S. Satara drop us a line or throw in a comment, we're putting together a boat load to do it sometime soon!