Fish Soup (North West Solitary Island)
Fish Soup, also called The Mouse, is a dive at North West Rock in the northern Solitary Islands group, named for its dense fish schools. PADI's regional guide singles out North West Solitary for manta rays, and the northern group generally has tropical species at the edge of the East Australian Current. It is an open-ocean site reached by boat from Wooli or Coffs Harbour.
Facts
- Region: New South Wales – Byron Bay to Eden (Australia)
- Area: Solitary Islands (Coffs Harbour–Wooli)
- Depth: 10–30 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: reef, wall, drift
- Coordinates: -29.91229, 153.38301 (approximate)
- Highlights: manta rays, schooling fish, grey nurse shark, turtles
- Unverified: Position is an unlabeled GPS waypoint near North West Rock and depth is not published: orientation only.
- Tips: Coordinates come from an unlabeled community GPS waypoint (FISHSP) near North West Rock and are an approximation only. Depths are not published for this site on the pages I checked; treat as advanced, open-ocean and weather-dependent, and ask the operator.