Back over to the east coast again on Sunday diving with Kerstin, as it was her birthday, at Sandy Beach.
The plan was to dive Gunther's Wrecks again and really check this site out.
The good news is that we had the boat to ourselves
I had originally looked at going with Divers Down but they couldn't guarantee two dives at this site so I contacted Pierre at Sandy Beach and he confirmed the two dives as we were his only customers.
We arrived by 0900 and in the water by 10:00. Usual hot and humid on the surface and 23C at the bottom, but we were prepared.
The dive site is well spread out with several small fishing boats (around 7m long) as well as various structures and debris, hosting a lot of critters including two seahorses that we found on the second dive. Both of us were delighted.
We also found several species of nudis and pretty happy that this is going to be a productive site photographically provided it does not get trashed by divers who can't dive horizontally!
As per my dives two days previous the water column had plenty of swimming
Pleurobranchus brockii and we spent around 15 mins at the end of each dive trying to get decent shots. Many were around 5mm and some as large as 15-20mm.
Trying to photograph them in mid water is challenging but eventually we had them landing on our gear etc., so I managed to get some shots of them on my glove at one point.
Looking forward to returning here fairly soon to be honest