We revisited BAT REEF on Saterday. This reef is one of the more recent gems Dive At Five have pioneered.
Winter diving has set in with 15m horizontal viz and 20 m vertical viz out in the shipping lanes. There was no current which meant that there was a lot plankton/ suspension in the water.
Bat Reef was named after the resident Bat Fish that go moggy for strobes of underwater photographers. The reef is vastly different from the regular ledge dive for NO.1. But what makes this place interesting is the pinnacle that sticks up from the sand ....
We revisited BAT REEF on Saterday. This reef is one of the more recent gems Dive At Five have pioneered.
Winter diving has set in with 15m horizontal viz and 20 m vertical viz out in the shipping lanes. There was no current which meant that there was a lot plankton/ suspension in the water.
Bat Reef was named after the resident Bat Fish that go moggy for strobes of underwater photographers. The reef is vastly different from the regular ledge dive for NO.1. But what makes this place interesting is the pinnacle that sticks up from the sand at 27m all the way to 20m at its apex. There is an anchor chain that is wrapped around this pinnacle that runs out onto the sand. Ave depth is 26m.
One question that I need an answer to, is how do the ships release their anchors when they are fouled? – they cant just cut the line as they are huge steel anchor chains?
The photos of the reef have a bit of backscatter as the water was stagnant on Saterday – but they still show the pinnacle off.
There is an old ski boat anchor situated next to this pinnacle – we took a SMB and tied it to this line and sent it to the surface…then marked the spot on the surface with the boats GPS.
There was a HUGE conch shell on Bat reef – see photo which Iam hoping some of the Ori guys and gals on this email can give me some feed back on!
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