JulieannevZ
Guest
I just went for my BEST dive ever!! Even the dive
leader who's been diving about 40 yrs said he'd
give it a 9 out of 10.
We saw just about every fish that it's possible
to see at Julian Rocks, and soooo many and sooo
BIG!!!
The first dive we went out from the rocks to a
deeper dive site named Spot Ex.
We'd only swam a couple of feet and saw this
magnificent Black Cod, which was almost as long as
I am tall ( about 5 foot ).
I scanned these photos in from a poster which came from
the NSW department of Primary Industries. John shared
Ruth's camera with another guy, who's going to send me
the photos.
I can't think about the first dive right now,
because the second dive of the day was just soooo
fantastic!!!
There was so many fish to see. The 7 of us
descended down the anchor rope, then swam off to
see a large Wobbegong, then another and another
and another. They were everywhere, and John was
busy taking photos of some of them. Someone else
has the camera right now, so I can't show them to
you just yet.
There were 2 different brands of Wobbegongs -
Spotted and Banded.
Then, I saw the First Grey Nurse Shark I've
ever seen!! It was just gliding past us, and
didn't take any notice of all of us. We all just
hovered astounded. No-one seemed to hear my
exclamations. I just couldn't believe my eyes.
And, he (or she) was giving this cute little
fish a ride on his back - a Ramoray, so I was told
later. The Shark was at least 10 foot long ( about
3 metres ). It was beautiful.
Then, there was another one just behind it.
Dave ( our dive leader) pointed upwards, and
there was a school of little Bat Rays.
We saw Blue Gropers ( they're pretty common).
Very pretty though - they look more purple than
blue to me!
We saw some Clown Fish, Lion Fish, Anemones,
Sweetlip fish, Jewfish.
On the way to the Cod Hole, we kept seeing
Grey Nurse Sharks. They look more bluish, silver
grey than the colour in this photo.
We arrived at the Cod Hole and 3 divers went in
there while the rest of us waited (it was too
small for all of us to fit).
While waiting, we saw a school of King Fish and
some Cod.
When it was our turn, I went in first and was
intently looking at whatever Dave shone his torch
on. One of the other divers tapped me on the
shoulder, grinned and pointed down. About 1 foot
below me, was a huge wobbegong, so I got out of
his way before I stepped on him.
Later on, in the boat, two of the guys in the
cod hole with me, said I touched the wobbegong
with my hand ( I couldn't feel it with my gloves
on ). Gee, I wished they'd taken a photo of me
touching a wobbegong!! They said he hardly
flinched. Very laid back creatures!
There was another beauty of a Grey Nurse shark
lurking around in the Cod hole.
I thought they were becoming extinct? How
come we saw sooo many?? Imagine if the surfers out
there near the shore new how many sharks we'd
seen? They'd be racing out the water real fast.
Someone screams shark and the swimmers run out
the water while all the divers race in!! It's
impossible for a Grey Nurse shark to "eat" a
person or even bite a person because of the shape
of it's teeth! They can only eat fish small
enough that can slide down all in one go!!
We also saw some Estuary Cod and many more
fish. One day I'll know all their names.
Oops, I think it was time to go back. John and
I both only had 50 bar of air left and we'd all
been down long enough. It was our second dive,
the first dive was 23 metres and we had a fairly
short surface interval.
We all ascended together, did our safety stop,
and made our way to the boat. Jack from SunDive
makes it really easy to get into the boat. He
takes my BCD off while I'm in the water, and I
just take my fins off and climb up the ladder. He
even showed me how to take my fins off easily.
Mine are the ones with the clips on the side, and
they're buggers to take off in the water,
especially when it's rough.
GREAT dive!! I can't wait to go down to Byron
Bay again.
We were all esctatic. Today, we dived with
people from Scotland, another from Santa Barbara
in California, and a lady from Dusseldorf in
Germany.
There's some pictures here if you haven't seen Grey Nurse Sharks or Gropers or Cod before.
Diving at Julian Rocks
leader who's been diving about 40 yrs said he'd
give it a 9 out of 10.
We saw just about every fish that it's possible
to see at Julian Rocks, and soooo many and sooo
BIG!!!
The first dive we went out from the rocks to a
deeper dive site named Spot Ex.
We'd only swam a couple of feet and saw this
magnificent Black Cod, which was almost as long as
I am tall ( about 5 foot ).
I scanned these photos in from a poster which came from
the NSW department of Primary Industries. John shared
Ruth's camera with another guy, who's going to send me
the photos.
I can't think about the first dive right now,
because the second dive of the day was just soooo
fantastic!!!
There was so many fish to see. The 7 of us
descended down the anchor rope, then swam off to
see a large Wobbegong, then another and another
and another. They were everywhere, and John was
busy taking photos of some of them. Someone else
has the camera right now, so I can't show them to
you just yet.
There were 2 different brands of Wobbegongs -
Spotted and Banded.
Then, I saw the First Grey Nurse Shark I've
ever seen!! It was just gliding past us, and
didn't take any notice of all of us. We all just
hovered astounded. No-one seemed to hear my
exclamations. I just couldn't believe my eyes.
And, he (or she) was giving this cute little
fish a ride on his back - a Ramoray, so I was told
later. The Shark was at least 10 foot long ( about
3 metres ). It was beautiful.
Then, there was another one just behind it.
Dave ( our dive leader) pointed upwards, and
there was a school of little Bat Rays.
We saw Blue Gropers ( they're pretty common).
Very pretty though - they look more purple than
blue to me!
We saw some Clown Fish, Lion Fish, Anemones,
Sweetlip fish, Jewfish.
On the way to the Cod Hole, we kept seeing
Grey Nurse Sharks. They look more bluish, silver
grey than the colour in this photo.
We arrived at the Cod Hole and 3 divers went in
there while the rest of us waited (it was too
small for all of us to fit).
While waiting, we saw a school of King Fish and
some Cod.
When it was our turn, I went in first and was
intently looking at whatever Dave shone his torch
on. One of the other divers tapped me on the
shoulder, grinned and pointed down. About 1 foot
below me, was a huge wobbegong, so I got out of
his way before I stepped on him.
Later on, in the boat, two of the guys in the
cod hole with me, said I touched the wobbegong
with my hand ( I couldn't feel it with my gloves
on ). Gee, I wished they'd taken a photo of me
touching a wobbegong!! They said he hardly
flinched. Very laid back creatures!
There was another beauty of a Grey Nurse shark
lurking around in the Cod hole.
I thought they were becoming extinct? How
come we saw sooo many?? Imagine if the surfers out
there near the shore new how many sharks we'd
seen? They'd be racing out the water real fast.
Someone screams shark and the swimmers run out
the water while all the divers race in!! It's
impossible for a Grey Nurse shark to "eat" a
person or even bite a person because of the shape
of it's teeth! They can only eat fish small
enough that can slide down all in one go!!
We also saw some Estuary Cod and many more
fish. One day I'll know all their names.
Oops, I think it was time to go back. John and
I both only had 50 bar of air left and we'd all
been down long enough. It was our second dive,
the first dive was 23 metres and we had a fairly
short surface interval.
We all ascended together, did our safety stop,
and made our way to the boat. Jack from SunDive
makes it really easy to get into the boat. He
takes my BCD off while I'm in the water, and I
just take my fins off and climb up the ladder. He
even showed me how to take my fins off easily.
Mine are the ones with the clips on the side, and
they're buggers to take off in the water,
especially when it's rough.
GREAT dive!! I can't wait to go down to Byron
Bay again.
We were all esctatic. Today, we dived with
people from Scotland, another from Santa Barbara
in California, and a lady from Dusseldorf in
Germany.
There's some pictures here if you haven't seen Grey Nurse Sharks or Gropers or Cod before.
Diving at Julian Rocks
