Most divers at Rapid Bay perform the usual ritual of crossing the sand from the new jetty to the old before really starting to pay attention to their surroundings. Granted, the old jetty is certainly the draw card here but take the time instead to head off in a different direction, over the seagrass beds […]
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Just like people, there are fish which collect things to show off. I first spotted this Ringed Toadfish (Omegophora armilla) guarding a large white fishing bucket resting on the sand near Rapid Bay jetty. Wondering what was so interesting about the contents of the bucket I swam over to take closer look. Initially the toadfish […]
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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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