Rapid Bay did not disappoint us this weekend with 10m visibility, minimal currents, warm weather and even the water is not so cold anymore. Hanging around the t-section of the old jetty we discovered a huge school of Yellowtail Scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae). Initially they were timid but after a while they became used to us, […]
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In many years of diving Edithburgh Jetty is my first every encounter with a Western Blue Devil, Paraplesiops meleagris. One of the most visually striking in both form and colour of all the southern Australian reef fishes, the Western Blue Devil normally is found lurking in caves and under ledges of deeper offshore reefs. This […]
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This little guy under Rapid Bay Jetty is a Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor. In more than 25 years of diving this location, this year is the first time I have seen them here. The first time was back in late winter when my dive buddy Alexius found one during one of our dives. Since […]
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For those back on shore a brilliant yellow sun hovers precariously above a flat expansive western horizon. Like a dry swimmer testing the water it first dips a little into the water and then more and more as it’s seeming water confidence grows. Eventually it is gone beneath the distant waves. Here under the water […]
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The Magpie Morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes is one of our most common reef fish and I just happened upon this one nonchalantly hanging around. Normally I can’t get this close (needed when using a wide angle lens ) but on this occasion this guy hung there as if just saying g’day. A real poser! Anyone not […]
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