Even though we have had rain most of the week the visibility has been great with 30+ meters, water temperature is starting to creep, sitting around 26 to 27 degrees.

The marine life has been in abundance, Cuttlefish, Turtles and also a sighting of Dorothy our friendly Dugong yesterday and how lucky were the dives, all were Discover Scuba Dives of the P & O Cruise boat in port for the day, it really is being in the right please at the right time.

We would like to thank Sue and Tony for coming back and diving with us again this year and for the mammoth amount of dives they completed.

Come on over to Nautilus Watersports for a Great Vanuatu Diving Experience

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Saturday 9 August

We’ve had a bit of a “Wreck Special” going on over the last few days and done some superb dives on all our wrecks ! After a great dive on the Semle Federsen, eight Devil Rays cruised with the group and joined them in the shallows. Konanda Wreck, (the little boat) had everyone gasping with the 20m+ visibility (a rarity) and as usual the Star of Russia was up to scratch with a large shoal of Trevally and Big Mouth Mackerel. BUT .. you always should leave the best till last … Wednesday morning after diving the Tasman, the group were chilling out on Cowrie and chilling out on the surface with them were 3 dugongs. Our skipper Freddie reckons that the biggest one must have been almost 4m long and only about 1m away from the boat !!

Night dive on Tuesday at Twin Bommies this little batfish was hanging off the wall at 20m – what a stunner, and as always we all saw the sleeping Green & Hawksbill Turtles ! Thanks to all divers this week – but especially Adam, Sara, David & Paula – we’ve had lots of fun with you guys this week, hope to see you all again.

Another busy week for Open Water courses – well done to all the guys that completed – Vincent, Zeak, Brent, Kirsty, Alexis and Erin. Congrats to Duane who has also managed to fit in an Advanced course before setting sail to Fiji.

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Saturday 2 August

It’s been a manic week for Open Water & Scuba Diver courses – well done to all the guys that completed this week – Jodie, Julian, James and Miranda who was our first e-learning student (for all wanna-be scuba divers this is definitely the way to go !!)

Thanks for all that joined us on Cowrie for a great weeks diving, especially Diane, Lara, Glen & John – hope you enjoyed the variety of dives and thanks for putting up with the changeable weather this week !!

We’ve had some good sightings throughout the week – from the mighty to the tiny ! Napoleon Wrasse cruising passed Open Water students at Twin Bommies and a Leafy Scorpion fish on the wall at Cathedral. The Cathedral was a spectacular dive, visibility was at least 25m and with no current and a huge shoal of Unicorn fish, everyone had a great time.

New Diving Addicts this week = 17. Welcome to our underwater world.

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It’s been a great week for diving with beautiful weather and visibility reaching 25m + on most sites everyday.

A few highlights over the past few days include seeing Devil Rays at Twin Bommies and Pango Drift, and during the night dive on Wednesday, the whole group was thrilled to spot a Nautilus and a Slipper Lobster on Twins Wall. We seem to have gained a new navigation aid on Neville’s Surprise drift dive by way of a large cuttlefish that’s been spotted the last three dives in the same spot ! Visibility on the Semle Federsen Wreck reached new highs on Thursday – we could see the sand at 50m+ from about 8m down the mooring line.

Thanks to all that have dived with us this week, especially Alan and Kirsty who have clocked up almost 25 dives between them. Also, Roger who was desperate to dive on the Tasman, and we finally managed to drop him down onto the Flying Boat on Friday. Best of luck for your diving on the Coolidge next week, and enjoy your 60m dive on your 60th birthday – 1m for every year, what a great way to celebrate !!

Congratulations to Colin who completed his Advanced Open Water on Monday. This week sees farewell to Jackie who has spent the last few weeks with us completing Open Water through to Rescue and logged over 60 dives.

New Diving Addicts this week = 40 Welcome to our underwater world.

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I have just spent a fantastic week diving with Nautilus. All the staff were helpful and friendly and made diving a fun and pleasurable experience. All the dives were different, I went out to Reef, Drop Off and Wrecks.
The water was warm, the visibility 30 to 40 mtrs and there was an abundant of fish life. The highlight for me was seeing a Mantaray in full flight and being able to take some awesome photo’s. There are a couple of my favorite shots.
Port Vila is a great place to dive and Nautilus will make your stay a memorable one.

Roger – Adelaide – Australia

Nautilus would like to wish Roger a happy 60^th birthday for Wednesday 30^th July.

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