Yesterday Andrea and I headed out to the Outer Sounds with a group of very keen Discover Scuba Divers on board. Plan was to dive Long island Marine Reserve and finish off with a picnic lunch at Ships Cove.

Due to strong Northerly winds making our anchorage at Long Island a bit bumpy and not ideal, we went to plan B and moored up in the lee at Motuara Island. As it turned out plan B was a better option than plan A, with the group enjoying well over an hour in the water on their very first scuba dive. The visibility was around the 10 meters mark and the water temp up to a balmy 16.5 degrees. We saw 4 Eagle ray’s on our swim along the reef and a very healthy population of Blue Cod, proving that the ban on Blue Cod fishing is working.

Picnic at Ships Cove

We finished off with a very nice picnic in the shelter of Ships Cove, although we had to fight of  the Weka’s for a share of the lunch. All in all it was a very pleasant day, finishing with an after work dive with the Go Dive staff and club members for Christmas day scollop’s.

The dive conditions are excellent at the moment so make the most of it. Have a great day tomorrow and hope to see you sometime over the summer break.

Safe diving

Brent

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