Planula Divers Retreat, Byron Bay

More Leopard Sharks. Mainly in the shallows , but the occasional one ventures into the deeper end. Plenty of White-spotted Eaglerays and turtles. Weather Sunny on Sunday and Monday, but the rain moved inon Tuesday. Cool SE-SW winds and cool nights Sea Pretty calm all week. Water temperature 24 – 26°C Visibility Clean currents cleaned up at Julian Rocks: 20 meters visibility.

Leopard Sharks are back. Wednesday divers saw the first one and they have been sighted regularly again since then. Big Bullrays, plenty of numbrays stil “buzzing” around, turtles, Blue Gropers, anemonefish and octopus. Weather A bit of decent rain at the beginning of the week to settle the dust. Cool nights, but very pleasant temperatures during the [...]

Another week without Leopard Sharks, but lots of Blue-spotted stingrays. The Numbrays are out and about too. Pretty scary when they get close! A Loggerhead Turtle devoured a urchin and did not seem to be bothered by one of its spikes sticking into the turtle’s eye. Ouch! Green turtles swimming and sleeping, more Spanish Dancers [...]

The cooler water must have scared off the Leopard Sharks, because there weren’t many of them this week. A few squid hovering mid-water, Spanish Dancers (Hexabranchus) and their egg ribbons, loads of Blue-spotted Stingrays and some Numbrays, besides the usual stuff like Blue Gropers, turtles, parrotfish, anemonefish, lionfish and moray eels. Weather Mainly sunny, some clouds in [...]