This bizarre looking sea sponge in the sea grass beds off Edithburgh Jetty reminds me of a a cross between a diseased heart and a human brain. It really does look like something that has been recently extracted from an animal and dumped on the ocean floor. Oddly enough this strange looking form is actually […]
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The last time I saw one of these critters was also on a post midnight night dive under Edithburgh Jetty a few months ago. This time however the conditions were a little more inviting without the 15knot onshore winds. As always there was plenty to see and make the effort worthwhile. Nudibranchs, also known as […]
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When is an animal truly primal? Does having eleven arms, a prime number, count? Prime numbers are actually quite common in plants but seem wrong in the animal world. Our Oceans’ Eleven and and Edithburgh resident, the eleven-armed sea star, Coscinasterias muricata, is our largest starfish and is as primal as they come! Photo: Robert […]
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The Blue Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, is one of the deadliest creatures in the sea with a venomous bite that can kill a human. Normally they are not seen during the day so a night dive under Edithburgh Jetty is a good way to find one if you really want to. On this particular dive […]
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Southern Calamari, squid or Sepioteuthis australis (if you want to get technical) are wonderful to watch at night when they are out hunting. This juvenile under Edithburgh Jetty shows the incredible colouration created by the chromatophores in their skin. They also remind me of the sentinels in ‘The Matrix’, affectionately know as the squiddies! Photo: […]
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