If you're heading to Whaler Cove for a dip this summer, be assured the locals are welcoming and ready to party!

The rays are ever-present, as usual, and there is 7ft Bronze Whaler which frequents the southern end of Great Mercury Island.

'I'd just got back to the boat after a dive and had a Sony Action cam handy, on one of the afternoons he visited,” says Sun Media director Brian Rogers after a weekend holidaying in the area.

'Interesting to see the interaction between the Bronzie and the big black ray.

'The Bronzie also paid a visit at 2am one night, to make sure our dinghy was secure, by repeatedly ramming it under the catamaran.”