In the visual cacophony of this scene the camera has captured everything from the jetty pylons and fish swimming near the surface to the bright orange nudibranch grazing on the rocky reef foreground. Is this really a fish’s eye view within the underwater world? Perhaps, but not for the reasons you might think. Optically speaking […]
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I used to to take great delight in finding a leafy seadragon for other divers, then watching, waiting and counting how long it took them to separate creature from its environment. Here in the sea grass you would think that they would be easy to spot compared to the yellow or brown algae. Actually I […]
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Suspended in the milky blue haze of a less than ideal Rapid Bay this leafy seadragon seems unperturbed with my presence. When I arrived at Rapid Bay for this dive I looked out at the milky gypsum-dust laden water and nearly left for another location. I am glad I decided to stay and dive here […]
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I never grow tired diving with these beautiful creatures and I still give a quiet yelp of delight when I find my first one on a dive. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to see several of these gorgeous leafy seadragons during my dive at Rapid Bay. This male is carrying a fresh batch of […]
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South Australian divers familiar with Rapid Bay Jetty will often talk about diving the ‘T’ Section. This section of the old Rapid Bay Jetty has always been the jewel of marine life below the old jetty structure. Here the steel pylons grouped very close together provide cover for schools of reef fish while the complex […]
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