A
short hop today from our spot on the west coast of Rinca down to the
southern end, and the horseshoe shaped channel between the main
island and Kode island. The cruising guide recommends this as
'remote'. Our diving guide shows three sites, two of which we've
dived on our live aboard holiday. We anchored near the beach close
to our friends Rutea and near a liveaboard dive boat. Ruthie called
us out to see four Komodo dragons which were strolling along the
beach. Yesterday we paid for a viewing and today they've come out to
see us.
Enough
of monitor lizards. Diving on Cannibal Rock, a pinnacle in mid
channel, 5m to the top and beyond 30m to the very bottom, and with a
perpetual bodice ripping current. Neal from Rutea offered the
solution to doing a safe dive. He'd act as surface cover if daughter
Corie could dive with us. A perfect solution for all and a
stupendous dive. Cannibal Rock is covered with more forms of life
than possibly any other rock I've ever seen. Layers of corals, many
different types of anemones with their attendant clown fish, hundreds
of nudibranchs, clouds of fish and feather stars of every hue
attached to anything they can. It's the current which wafts the
nutrients which feeds the animal life which brings in the divers.
Fabulous dive and for once we have surface cover.
The
Rutea mob, Neil, Ruth, their daughter Corie and friend Kyle, joined
us in the evening for sundowners, nibbles and a blow by blow account
of the dive.
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