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Cleaner Station....... South Solitary Island

Big Fish, Small Fish.
This has All Fish...!!

Cleaner Station is located right on the North eastern point of South Solitary Island. It has a large boulder blocking the entrance to the gutter which is a noted "Cleaner Station"
Cleaning Stations are an area where all species of fish take a break from hunting each other and spend a bit of time, getting a parasite "clean-up" by the resident "Cleaner Wrasse"

Cleaner Station mooring is 12 metres deep at the top of the mooring rock, and is surrounded by similar boulders siting in depths up to 18 metres. This area is known for Large Pelagics including big Kingfish and common sightings of Grey Nurse Sharks in the deeper areas.
Cleaner rock is blocking the entrance of the gutter that leads into Cleaner Cave. This cave is relatively short but offers protection to unusual animals for our area. Oranate ghostpipefish and Angler hand-fish have been sighted here, very unusual for this part of the world!

What you'll see at Cleaner Station..

What you see on most dives!
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Click for Larger Image Blue Gropers Click for Larger Image Blue Tangs Click for Larger Image Goatfish Click for Larger Image Black Cod Click for Larger Image Sea Star Click for Larger Image Pomfreds
Click for Larger Image Black Coral Click for Larger Image Clownfish Click for Larger Image Old Wife's Click for Larger Image Tarwhine Click for Larger Image Surgeonfish Click for Larger Image Stripeys
Click for Larger Image Flutemouth's Click for Larger Image Hulafish Click for Larger Image Sweep Click for Larger Image Wobbygong Click for Larger Image Sergeant Baker Click for Larger Image Moray Eels
What you might see, if you're lucky!
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Click for Larger Image Lionfish Click for Larger Image Blue Angelfish Click for Larger Image Clown Triggerfish Click for Larger Image Emperor Angels Click for Larger Image Bullrays Click for Larger Image Eagle Rays
Click for Larger Image Cuttlefish Click for Larger Image Mantis Shrimp Click for Larger Image Spanish Dancer Click for Larger Image Grey Nurse Sharks Click for Larger Image Leopard Shark Click for Larger Image Bannerfish

Hazards or Dangers

Currents: Depending on the season, Cleaner Station Mooring can be exposed to quite strong currents, this can make it difficult to start and finish the dive in the same location. (the Cleaner Station gutter itself is usually calm)
The current usually heads from north to south around the island, and can be too strong to swim against. Cleaner Station on a small current day, is a good mooring to start a drift dive for a long duration. Beware! The current at this point can swing divers around the Eastern side of South Solitary, not the side to drift dive, usually!
Be careful if you are diving from a boat without a surface watch! We do not recommend this in this area with that current!


We usually operate our charter Dive Trips to utilize the currents, not fight them, We start at Shark Gutters or Cleaner Station and drift along the Boulder wall, finishing usually near the Gantry Mooring. This Drift Dive is a favourite of all who join us!





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Jetty Dive Centre
398 Harbour Drive
The Jetty Strip
Coffs Harbour
New South Wales (NSW) 2450
AUSTRALIA
Tel (+61) 02-66-511-611 (All hours)
Fax (+61) 02-66-525-702
webmail send questions to mail@jettydive.com.au

Located in Coffs Harbour, NSW and diving the Solitary Islands Marine Park, we have Scuba Divers from all over Australia, dive our amazing sites.
Easy and cheap flights to the Banana Coast in Northern NSW, for Divers from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.