Apr 6th. I get picked up at 6.15 and taken to the dive shop to get my kit together then it is off to the dock and we jump aboard the Scuba Pro III. I take some sea sick tablets as it is going to be rough till we get out to the reef and feel pretty good sat on the top deck of the boat. The only downside was that I got slightly sunburnt and was covered in salt from the spray of the boat.
After 2 and a bit hours of sailing we reach Milne Reef and our first dive site. We find out that we are not going on guided dives, we will buddy up and look after ourselves. This should prove an interesting test of my underwater navigation skills. My dive buddy is Matt who is an Aussie from Tassie.
It is taken for granted that I am seeing lots of regular fish/coral/anenomes during the dives - There are so many I can't begin to list them (and I don't know what they are called anyway)
Dive 1 - Petaj. Good start - See 3 green turtles munching away at some sea coral and my first shark (White tip reef shark). Our navigation goes a little pear shaped as we surface about 100 metres away from the boat, at least the weather was nice for our pleasant surface swim.
Dive 2 - Petaj. Another white tip reef shark is spotted as well as a large Napolean wrasse.
Dive 3 - The Whale. No sharks this time, A green turtle and a Hawksbill turtle are spotted as well as a spotted Unicorn Fish.
Dive 4 - The Whale (Night Dive). We break out the glow sticks and torches and dive down. Swinging around the torch hunting for some fishes. It is awesome to suddenly see a shark in your torch light (first you see his eyes beaming yellow in the torchlight). Also spotted is a big hermit crab.
Fish Info -
White Tip Reef Shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitetip_reef_shark
Napoleon Wrasse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphead_Wrasse
Green Turtle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Sea_Turtle
Hawskbill Turtle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksbill_turtle
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