Idol Bay, Forster, Australia

• Iain Hosking
• Andrew Kennedy

A shallow second dive in a fishy paradise, made more challenging by strong wave action. Lots of juvenile warm water fish including spotted box fish (tiny one, like a pea) and lovely colourful blue fish with yellow tails. Groper, toadfish, pipefish, butterflyfish, leatherjacket, cowfish, fiddler ray, shovel-nosed ray, nannegai, cup coral, wrasse. Saw one wrasse slurp up a small school fish while it was distracted by a heavier swell than usual.

own, except hired tank (85 cu.ft. steel). No lifejacket - very comfortable without it.

See logbook 9