tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:50:11 +0000divingWest Side diveswhale sharkslighthouse bayhumpback whalemanta rayMuiron IslandsnewsDiver BitesdolphinsExmouth Gulfcontestspecialscycloneminke whalestaffCritter of the DaycoursesPADIdugongFAQloveorcaairfaresdolphins\hammerheadskiller whaletiger sharkNingaloo Reef diving, Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, PADI Dive Courses and more!http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kristin)Blogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-1876020727619163974Mon, 23 May 2011 15:15:00 +00002011-05-24T08:28:06.347+08:00manta raywhale sharksAnother fabulous day here in Exmouth out on the Ningaloo Reef on our Whale Shark Adventure!We started with a great snorkel on Central Station and saw all of our usual favourites: turtles, sharks, blue spotted stingrays, parrotfish, stars & stripes puffers, boxfish, convict surgeons, trevally, threadfin pearl perch...and MANTA RAYS! It doesn't matter how many times we see these guys, we http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/05/exmouth-diving-centre-whale-shark_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-2252833331677194907Sun, 22 May 2011 12:22:00 +00002011-05-23T08:37:36.142+08:00humpback whalewhale sharksA bit breezy this morning and a good sized swell coming in, so we did not do a scuba dive today but did have a great snorkel first thing. Always so much to see: turtles, rays, parrotfish, barracuda, white tip reef sharks, fusiliers, sweetlips. Great way to start our day!The whale sharks today were wonderful again. We swam with three different whale sharks and the first two were 6-7m each. http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/05/exmouth-diving-centre-whale-shark_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-2675821811038569305Sat, 21 May 2011 11:54:00 +00002011-05-23T08:37:57.326+08:00divingmanta rayWest Side diveswhale sharksCentral Station started our Whale Shark Adventure off with a bang today. Stacks of fish everywhere we looked, some reef sharks, a turtle and manta rays! Yay!! We love manta rays! We saw two swimming along the reef during our scuba dive and the snorkelers had another one that they were able to hang out with in the shallows.WATER TEMP: 27CVISIBILITY: 6-9mCURRENT: noneSURGE: noneDEPTH: 17mWe http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/05/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-5441593771313584315Fri, 20 May 2011 12:29:00 +00002011-05-23T08:42:20.035+08:00divinglighthouse baymanta rayLabyrinth was fantastic today! One of our groups saw two manta rays as they were coming down the mooring line - nice way to start a dive! There are almost solid walls of baitfish in several spots along the site and tuna, mackerel, trevally, coral trout and rankin cods were shooting through gobbling snacks and scattering the glittering fish everywhere for a few seconds before they reformed. Andhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/05/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-3057795281166392730Thu, 19 May 2011 14:54:00 +00002011-05-22T06:34:15.434+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksAnother fabulous day out whale sharking here in Exmouth! No wind, calm seas, warm water and plenty of marine life!We started with a dive at Central Station with turtles, white tip reef sharks, blue spotted lagoon rays, a big school of thread fin pearl perch, parrotfish, swarms of convict surgeons, a tawny nurse shark and tons more. The site was nice an active today!DEPTH: 17mTEMP: 27CVIZ: http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/05/exmouth-diving-centre-whale-shark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-8827573179898008296Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:20:00 +00002011-05-23T08:38:17.633+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksCentral Station has cleared up a bit and more fish are moving in, too. We had great white tip reef sharks, rankin cods, coral trouts, threadfin pearl perch, stars & stripes pufferfish and a gorgeous schools of batfish with yellow fins circling in the blue water just above the reef. Octopus, nudibranchs and eels were abundant and a lone frogfish peered out at us from his hidey hole on the bottomhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/04/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-6623042328237066593Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:31:00 +00002011-04-22T11:41:52.456+08:00coursesdivinglighthouse bayMuiron IslandsnewsPADICongratulations to our eight newest PADI Open Water divers!They had an awesome dive course with two dives out at the Muiron Islands and two dives in Lighthouse Bay - all four dives were filled with so many different sea creatures there wasn't enough room in the log books to record them all!One of our students has fallen so in love with diving with us here on the Ningaloo Reef that she's committedhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-newest-padi-open-water-divers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-8925622922601615523Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:00 +00002011-05-23T08:38:36.508+08:00divingdolphinslighthouse bayYou know it's going to be a good diving day when you are on the way to the dive sites and bottlenosed dolphins are leaping 20' into the air in your wake!Gulliver's was hopping with shark action today - white tip reefies everywhere we looked and wobbegongs trying to pretend they were rocks. Turtles - hawksbills and greens - were popping up on the surface, swimming alongside the divers and giving http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/04/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-7385948155732212204Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:04:00 +00002011-05-23T08:38:53.820+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksFabulous day with the whale sharks today!We started with a stop on the Ningaloo Reef for some diving and snorkeling at Central Station. There was a lot of action to see with coral trout, estuary cod, turtles, white tip reef sharks, raccoon butterflyfish, strawberry cod, crocodilefish, blue spotted rays, nudibranchs, sailfin catfish, parrotfish, long fin bannerfish and so much more!WATER TEMP: http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/04/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report_04.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-4960874470152335664Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:09:00 +00002011-05-23T08:39:10.255+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksStunner of a day!We started in crystal blue, flat water at Central Station for an awesome dive and snorkel. White tip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, turtles, more fish than we could count, sting rays and octopus. A big leopard ray met us right at the bottom near the mooring and his spots were amazing! Later in the dive a huge cowtail ray rested half buried in sand while divers swam up nice andhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/04/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-9192325625914178610Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:26:00 +00002011-05-23T08:39:25.181+08:00divingMuiron IslandsOut to the Muiron Islands for a special Thursday trip and we saw tons! Cod Spot was showing off masses of baitfish, tiny eels, wobbegong sharks, tuskfish, emperor angelfish, rankin cod, white tip reef sharks, honeycomb cods and lots of small parrotfish. This site was very active with feeding, cleaning and territorial displays today - so much to watch!WATER TEMP: 27CVISIBILITY: 8-10mCURRENT: http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-muiron-islands_31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-5064817676958742822Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:36:00 +00002011-05-23T08:39:39.471+08:00divinglighthouse bayOh what a glorious Sunday! Gulliver's was first up and we were greeted by a trio of mackerel darting back and forth as soon as we put our heads underwater. The white tip reef sharks were being cheeky: allowing us to creep up close then flicking themselves forward a few feet causing a big sand storm between us. A huge loggerhead turtle kept pace for a while before heading off into the distance.http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-134975973134020938Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:40:00 +00002011-05-23T08:39:53.355+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksAnother glorious day here on the Ningaloo Reef!We dived and snorkeled at Central Station and the conditions were pretty nice. Blue water set a nice background for the unicornfish, trevally, small barracuda, snapper and cods. Moray eels, cleaner shrimp, nudibanchs and hermit crabs dotted the reef while blue spotted rays and one big cowtail ray took to the sand.WATER TEMP: 26CVISIBILITY: http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-1149949365271956752Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:21:00 +00002011-05-23T08:40:09.078+08:00divingWest Side diveswhale sharksWoohoo!! Exmouth's whale shark season is starting with fantastic sharks popping up everywhere!It was a little swelly first thing this morning, so we postponed our scuba dive and snorkeled on the reef instead. The Ningaloo Reef put on great snorkeling with all manner of reef fishes from tiny to huge. Afterward, we headed south towards where the whale sharks have been over the past few days and http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-whale-shark-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-7801258475479328610Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:48:00 +00002011-05-23T08:40:26.123+08:00divingdolphinsMuiron IslandsMagical 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, barracudahttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-muiron-islands_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-4544415453168782239Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:52:00 +00002011-05-23T08:40:39.845+08:00divinglighthouse bayAnother beautiful day here on Ningaloo Reef and we headed for Lighthouse Bay. We decided to check out Razor's as we haven't dived it since the cyclones have come through and wanted to see how the sea fans have held up. Not well. Most of them are only a fraction of their size pre-cyclones, which is sad, but it will be interesting to see how quickly they grow back. There were still plenty of http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-8752942026473483630Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:16:00 +00002011-05-23T08:40:52.981+08:00divingdugongWest Side diveswhale sharksOur first Whale Shark Adventure for 2011 was fabulous!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 http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-first-whale-shark-adventure-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-5341286969806094588Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:44:00 +00002011-03-21T10:01:19.401+08:00newsPADIAttention all PADI Dive Masters & Instructors on the Ningaloo Reef!The 2011 PADI Member Update is happening next Monday - 28 March at the Novotel Ningaloo! 6.30pm for drinks & chatting before the Update begins.This year the format is slightly different as we will have a drink & canapes before the one hour update and then another drink afterwards - so now there are two great reasons to http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-padi-member-update-28-march-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-4352134179340652497Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:11:00 +00002011-05-23T08:41:08.594+08:00divingMuiron IslandsWhat a beautiful day to be out on the ocean! We headed out to the Muiron Islands, confident that the visibility was finally clearing up and were rewarded with great blue water on dive one at Whalebone. The colours of the soft corals were vibrant blues, yellows, oranges, pinks and purples. A big school of drummers spun a flashing silver funnel from the bottom almost to the surface as we hoveredhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-muiron-islands_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-4535377321875641005Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:57:00 +00002011-05-23T08:41:22.512+08:00divinglighthouse bayGorgeous day to be out on the ocean!Labyrinth greeted us with green turtles everywhere! This has been a very good year for turtles, it seems, and we've got every size imagineable. Batfish, cleaning stations, hunting coral trout, tuskfish digging in the sand, blue spotted sting rays, tiny mantis shrimp, octopus and a big, fat cowtail ray were just the tip of the iceberg on all we saw today.WATERhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-7661605749225103051Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:13:00 +00002011-05-23T08:41:35.925+08:00divingMuiron IslandsAfter some nice water close to the Cape this week we thought we'd head out to the Muiron Islands for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately, the clear water didn't quite make it out here!We stopped at Whalebone for dive one and it was dirty. Very dirty. Luckily there were masses of fish - trevally, surgeonfish, bluebone, damsels, parrotfish, butterflyfish, angelfish, sea pike, various http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-muiron-islands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-1143661559124976499Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:35:00 +00002011-05-23T08:41:50.448+08:00divinglighthouse bayRumor had it that the water in Lighthouse Bay was clearing up so we headed out with positive spirits. We weren't disappointed as we found the clearest water we've had in weeks!Dive one took us to Blizzard Ridge and the clear blue water set off all the lionfish, olive sea snakes, schools of snapper & threadfin pearl perch, wobbegongs, sting rays, white tip reef sharks, moray eels, nudibranchs, http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-7323877380785246191Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:43:00 +00002011-05-23T08:42:04.459+08:00divinglighthouse bayThe reports on the water conditions out at the Muiron Islands were not good, so we headed into Lighthouse Bay today instead. On the upside, the reef was active; on the downside, you had to get pretty close to things to see them - luckily our marine life seems to love divers!Blizzard Ridge had lots of schools of trevally, threadfin pearl perch, snappers and baitfish tucked in tight formations http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/03/exmouth-diving-report-lighthouse-bay_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-9187543939530474463Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:50:00 +00002011-02-24T11:53:52.955+08:00cyclonenewsExmouth finally got off Red Alert at around 7 a.m. this morning - yay!!There seems to have only been a little damage here or there around town and we are all thankful for that. Cleanups are going strong and business is back to normal.And speaking of back to normal - we have email and our computer system up and running again!! Double YAY!We expect to be working late tonight to try to catch up onhttp://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-rough-patch-is-behind-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756544614527121526.post-1770759959394789774Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:05:00 +00002011-02-23T09:08:47.726+08:00cyclonenewsThe 9 a.m. BOM map shows Tropical Cyclone Carlos right over Exmouth.It's pouring rain but right at the moment the wind is relatively light - the rain is finally coming straight down instead of sideways! Looks like it's going to be a long, gray, yucky day.http://exmouthdive.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-cyclone-carlos-on-top-of-exmouth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristin)0