This beautiful Leafy Seadragon posed for stills and video at Rapid Bay this afternoon. Despite big tides and a strong current the water is getting warmer, up to 14degC here now, and an 8-10m visibility dive day is was welcome change from the soup we have been diving in lately. Looking forward to more days […]
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It’s the end of a Rapid Bay dive and as all well executed dive plans end, another slow safe ascent back up to the entry point. Except this time I spent a little while under the entry platform and it is a microcosm teaming with life. Hard coral’s, sponges, snails, crabs, blennies and gobies all […]
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I love the lips on this girl hence the name Angelina just came to me. Castelnau’s Goby, Nesogobius pulchellus, is not normally known for great lips but you have to admit she is a cutie! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Angelina Gobie’ 1/200s f/18 ISO100 100mm
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These little critters are Blue Throat Ascidians (Clavelina australis) and live in compound clusters. They look like a nest of little chicks of some bizarre bird with mouths agape chirping for food. Actually just like birds these critters are chordates and though they don’t really have a backbone they do have long nerve running the […]
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Biscuit Stars, Tosia australis, come in all sorts of colour variations. This beautiful purple star under Rapid Bay Jetty reminded me of a gingerbread man with its striking orange internal markings. Sea stars are not perhaps the most exciting of undersea critters and are often overlooked by divers who miss out on their intricate beauty. […]
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