You won’t hear it often but Cabbage Tree Bay was the best dive site on the coast this weekend.

We were supposed to dive The Coal Loader but a NE wind and E swell wiped that out. If you have ever looked inside a washing machine you would understand.

We opted for Norah Head as it was the only site that had calm water. So, without expecting too much more than a chance to get wet, we headed down to the bay.

Once in the water it was surprisingly clear. We had about 10 – 15m visibility and 19 degree water. We were instantly followed by a large Blue Grouper, saw some baby blue grouper, cuttlefish, moray eels and loads of little reef fish. We finished the dive in just over an hour with lots of smiles all round.

A big welcome to our newest club members, Barney and Jo, who got to see the bay at its best. We also had Damien and Melissa visiting from Abyss in Sydney. David, Sean, Peter and Greg finished off the group

The vis was about 8-10 meters as long as you stayed above 8m in depth, there was a soupy green layer sitting on the bottom, I introduced Greg to an interesting new hand signal while involved pointing at the yukky murk and following that with ‘the bird’ signal…..he understood perfectly !!! We enjoyed a 64 minute dive and were surrounded by schools of One Spot Pullers, old wives, yellowtail and a massive school of Kingfish! I must say that the days dive was a very very pleasant surprise!!