Sarah, Renault and I woke around 06:00 and we all headed off early
to dive golden passage hoping we might see some manta rays and we were in luck,
seeing one small one several times gliding in the strong current. I also saw
several sharks and some pelagic’s.
The coral and small fish life here really is superb and I
can spend all day in the water and never get sick of it.
We headed back to the boats for breakfast and a coffee and
shortly after Lyre and her company bid us farewell once again on their trip to
Bali. At 08:00 we dropped the mooring and headed over to Gili Lawa Laut to see
what the diving is like there.
As we turned the corner into the Northern bay of Gili Lawa Laut, there were two Phinisi’s already on the only
two mooring in the bay, so we now had to go to plan B.
Anchoring has been banned within the park, but unfortunately
there are very few moorings and what there is, get the rope stolen by fishermen
or the get broken by too many Phinisi’s connecting to them at the same time.
I moved around to the bay on the southern side near shot gun
passage and was lucky to score the only mooring there.
I spent the next 3 or 4 hours underwater, shooting shotgun
passage several times and checking out the fringing reef in all directions. I
also took the dinghy all the way around to the northern side of the Island and
dived Crystal rock and Castor rock, both sea mounts rising out of the scary
depths. Crystal rock was the best and I must have
stayed there for an hour or so seeing lots of pelagic’s.
I think Gili Lawa Darat and golden passage is a little bit better
than Gili Lawa Laut, but I’m getting picky now. Crystal rock has been my favourite
dive site so far.
I dived until the sun went down then returned to Sirocco for
some dinner and I cracked one of my precious bottles of red wine.
It was a great day and I’m so knackered.
Track Sirocco’s
progress
No comments:
Post a Comment