Watery Garden

May 26, 2005

The following morning we took our first dive at a site called Clam Gardens, so named because of the many Giant Clams present. It was a great site with yet more fantastic coral and plenty of other marine life including a Humphead Wrasse, a free swimming Eagle Ray and a Green Turtle.
Our second dive of the day was at a fantastic site called Steve's Bommie with loads to see in a relatively small area. There was a White Tip Reef Shark at the bottom of the Bommie and loads of schooling fish. Seeing some beautiful Tubastrea Micrantha coral reminded me of Fiji (one of the scuba instructors favourites) and there was a really interesting Flame File Shell half way up the Bommie. You can actually see the electrical current passing through it's outer edge.
Our third site, Temple of Doom, was similar to Steve's Bommie but larger. There were a lot of Unicorn fish around and I was particularly pleased with myself for spotting a tiny blue and yellow Nudibranch.
The final dive of the day was a night dive at the Beer Gardens where we were followed, for the majority, by a Potato Cod. We saw loads of little shrimp, a pretty Feather Star and a Puffer Fish. There was even a little phosphorescence which we enjoyed on our safety stop.
Another day of tiring but fantastic diving.