The outer reef at Port Noarlunga is not dived very often as most divers prefer the protection inside the reef.

Make the effort to climb up and over and large schools of playful big silver drummer Kyphosus sydneyanus will zoom in to investigate. Here the drummer like to play and feed in the impact zone and feed on bits of algae debris in the turbid white water. At low tide when the ocean does not break over the reef they just seem to want to play games with each other as they wait for the rising tide or swell.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 687, Silver Drummer’, 1/200s f/5.6 ISO160 15mm