Bare Island is always interesting.  After what seems a long break for Jenny she is back in the water again.  We did not expect much give that over at Kurnell there was still a lot of silt in the water.  We got there just after high tide.  A few other divers about but the water started at a balmy 20 degrees in the shallows.  Out close the end of the reef we came across a young PJ.  This was Jenny's first PJ and she kept her distance.  We also saw stingarees, an eagle ray, a moray eel and the inevitable gropers.  Viz was OK, about 8m and still OK towards the cave.  Water temperature in the deeper water dropped to 17.  A nice first dive for Jenny to get back into.  Jen did the navigating and did pretty well only going wrong once up onto the top of the reef when our aim was the cave at the end of the reef.

After an hour and  a half we went again - same side following the reef out.  Viz was not as good and out at the cave it was down to a couple of metres.  We turned and coming back Jen found 2 mourning cuttles.  We're sure they are the same ones that we have seen in this area previously.  We spent a good 5 minutes with them.  They are the most interesting creatures.  One of them turned yellow and extended all it's tentacles, like a squid and a got a photo of it too.  A lovely second dive, followed by lunch at Tony's before we headed home.

 

 

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