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a big school of brightly coloured squid
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date: 18/3/2009
Author:Nick Brennan
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Weather: Overcast | Air Temp: 28°C | Wind: SE 20/30 knots | Water Temp: 25°C | Water Visibility: ~15 m | Sea State: Chop
Another lovely day here at Lady Elliot Island with guests taking home some fantastic memories.
Guests on the glass bottom boat saw a big school of brightly coloured squid swimming across second reef. Guests said they didn’t see them at first because they were raised up in the water column but in the end managed to take some great photos on their underwater camera which they happily showed everybody. A big female green turtle came past to say hello to our guests before finding a cozy coral shelf to park under and have a little snooze. Guests continued watching but she was quite happy sleeping so they went and looked at some of the amazing fish that were in the area. For some reason bird wrasse were everywhere on the reef today and were clearly visible though the glass bottom. These guys have a long snout and are a very pretty but peculiar looking fish.
The scuba divers had a great day out at Sandy Seconds with the discover scuba divers (DSD) seeing numerous sharks along their journey making for a sensational introduction to scuba. The very sleek and attractive leopard shark was one of those seen throughout the dive cruising gracefully along the bottom with big sweeps of its tail. A curious black tip reef shark came right up to our divers then realizing that they were nothing interesting cruised right on past. For people who had never seen a shark before this blew their minds. They came up laughing about their experience and I don’t think it will be long before they come back as certified divers.
After dinner guests came to the education centre to learn about some dangerous marine creatures. The stingray is always a hot topic. We see the bull ray regularly here at Lady Elliot and it is generally a docile creature that spends a lot of time resting on the sand. We think that they are beautiful creatures so it was nice to knock a few myths on the head and put the threat of stingrays in perspective.
The presentation was a great interactive way to conclude a day of education and discovery out here on the reef.
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squid in a line - Al Jones
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click to download flash player