Day 5

Tuesday, 15th February 

Neptune Is, SA

Neptune Is North

Bottom cage on left, surface cage on right

Woke up early on the boat, saw the hint of a coloured sunrise and we were moored off an island.

After breakfast the boat shifted to another island for us to swim with the sea lions.


We snorkelled this time , glad we did as the sea lions didn’t come in very deep. Also getting into the tender boat with scuba looked very difficult . The tender took everyone on near shore and we made lots of splashing and noise to attract the sea lions in to play which eventually they did! Back to the boat which was moved to a quiet spot for lunch before moving further south for the cage diving at Action Bay. The surface cage looked very uncomfortable as the sea wash was banging the cage against the boat.

View of the surface cage from below


We went down to the bottom in the other cage, about 25m. Just took a GoPro each no light on camera but there was plenty of natural light. But of course it was very blue.


Fiona in the bottom cage, watching out for sightings

first glimpse of a great white



We had 2 bottom dives for about 20’ each on the bottom. Saw 3 great whites each time but not seriously close. Schools and schools of trevally which were almost in the cage.
The water was not as cold as expected but it did get cold after so much time on the bottom.
A hot shower and cup of tea was fantastic.

Somehow it got to be 8pm so we just stayed in the dining area for dinner, a ship presentation on history of the boat then off to bed for a welcome sleep.

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