Grey Nurse at Wolf Rock
The Xploredive Wolf Rock day out proved to be exciting, interesting and fun. After a wet boat ride (You know it’s a wet boat ride out when your computer goes into dive mode before you arrive at the dive site!), we arrived at this exciting rock off Double Island Point. We descended down the southern side and the first thing I saw was a grey nurse in the distance. As we reached the sand, we were greeted by an olive sea snake which swam straight towards and directly under Chris. Wow! More grey nurse swam around us, but kept their distance. These were smaller males and seemed a little nervous. A beautiful big lion fish displayed it’s fins furiously at us, while the haunting song of 2 whales echoed around us.
The other side of the rock was where the pregnant females were waiting for us. It seemed much clearer and the sharks came in much closer and overhead were schools of barracuda and surgeons. A zigzag through crevices and cracks brought us back to the start where we followed a turtle for a while.
After some hot soup, we headed in to a wreck near Tin Can Bay. It is a cruiser that has been down for about 6 years and is covered in soft corals and sponges. After a turtle sighting, we found the cruiser. This vessel is a haven for tiny juvenile reef fish and some strange and wonderful species I have never seen before. There was a big cod having it’s teeth cleaned and schools of stripeys, bream and pike fish. Our venture back to the anchor proved to be a minefield of large nudibranchs, strange corals and quick movements of mysterious creatures on and in the sand. Upon surfacing there were thousands of jellyfish swimming in all directions, their transparent, luminous bodies bumping me as I happily clicked away.
After taking the boat out of the water, a pacific humpback dolphin appeared to say hello and came in to sniff my fingers. What a way to end a day of absorbing all nature’s delights.
Another great day Xploredive. Can’t wait for the next one.
For some photos from the day go here
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