Cast your minds back to last Saturday…..raining, cold, foggy and basically not the type of day that makes you think of going for a night dive….BUT WE DID!
Joined by some tough, rain proof divers, Allen, Phil, Sean, Lisa and myself we stood at fly point in the rain and miserable weather and asked ourselves “Why are we here??”
To make things worse, my new dry suit neck seal was too loose threatening me with a thorough drenching on entering the water…..however, hard core as we are we geared up and walked down the steps at ‘Fly’ and into the water with a small amount of foot dragging…once waist deep we noticed that the water was incredibly clear and we started to get more enthusiastic! This was also Lisa’s first night dive so I was really hoping for a positive experience for her and this was what she got!
Once under the water we enjoyed the usual array of fabulous marine life found at fly- sea pens, sponges, decorator crabs, Hermies, shrimp, schools of fish and so on! This time however we were even more spoilt as a slipper cray scuttled past, a giant sea- hare ( at least 50cm long!!! TRUE!) munched away at some kelp! I spotted this amazing anemone and called lisa over for a look and we watched amazed as it unfurled long lace like arms, waving them in the water to collect small particles of plankton and food and then dipping those tentacles into its central mouth and unfurling them again, just beautiful to watch! On our return swim we came across a rocky overhang that was sheltering at least half a dozen granddaddy lobsters (Fly is a marine reserve so no temptation there!).
Sea Hare (at least 50cm in size!)
Back on the surface Lisa’s verdict…”The only thing better than that is SEX”!!! It was a great dive! Congratulations Lisa, do you realise that you have been night diving spoilt!!??
Oh..and in case you were wondering….my dry suit only let a few drops in….BONUS!
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