73 cm TL neonate female, unhealed umbilicus
2.5 m depth, SST 21 Celsius
39 tagged and released, 14 retained, several too small to tag were also released; size range of tagged fish 24-45.5 cm FL.
74 cm TL juvenile female, healed umbilicus
9.8 m depth, SST 21 Celsius
Arripis trutta - Australian salmon
Big school in the shallows feeding on glass prawns
Mulloway schooling in an onshore gutter
Senator Wrasse - Pictilabrus laticlavius
Observed while diving at Bawley Point
Depth 12m
Temp 16 C
Moorish Idol, Zanclus cornutus
observed during a dive at Bawley Point
Depth 10m
Temp 17 C
Totally amazed to see many of these tropical beauties not only appearing on the NSW South Coast but additionally outliving the summer and lasting through the cooling off period of Autumn and into the first couple of weeks of the south coast winter.