Planula Divers Retreat, Byron Bay

Some more Manta action in the Nursery. Leopard Sharks everywhere either just lying in the sand or swimming around checking out the divers. Lots and lots of juvenile crinoids (featherstars) were found at Split Bommie on Monday. They were just holding on to the seaweed. Pineapplefish, octopus, wobbegong sharks, Blue Gropers, White-spotted Eaglerays. Sawtails, schools of Pomfreds [...]

A couple of Manta Rays were sighted at the Nursery, which some lucky divers and snorkellers got to see. Plenty of Leopard Shark action too. Some of the animals get quite cheeky and check out the divers as much as the divers check out them. One of the girls looked hunched (a Leopard Shark girl [...]

There were so many Blue-spotted Stingrays around. Either swimming or burried in the sand with just their eyes poking out. The Leopard Sharks were there as well with up to 9 indiviudals seen on a single dive. They did not seem to be bothered by divers at all and circled around and around with remoras [...]

Elasmobranch galore with beautiful White-spotted Eaglerays, the large Bullrays, hundreds of Blue-spotted Stingrays burried in the sand or swimming and of course plenty of Leopard Sharks (mainly big girls, up to 6 on a single dive). Also: Brown Sweetlips, Black-spot Goatfish, schools and schools of Bullseyes, Tall-fin Batfish, a large Loggerhead Turtle eating seaurchins and [...]