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Hi fellow Aquanauts,
Just got back from 3 dives at Byron. Julian rock Marine Park.
Viz was ordinary 5 to 8m opaque with particulate, better at rising tide however, but pretty much limiting dives to close up stuff.
Lots of fish life and Grey Nurse Sharks- be over a dozen GNS there, that are very approachable if you keep calm and don't move aggressively and respect their personal space- do this and you can almost bump into them without a reaction out of them.
The poor viz allows for a closer proximity to all the marine creatures, but please be weary of the Wobbegong sharks; as they can bite in a similar manner to stepping on a snake when bush walking.
I "caught" some reasonable photos from the trip- here's some of my favs-
byron bay14.8.12_122 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_116 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_109 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_152 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_164 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_035 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_047 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_043 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_037 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Just got back from 3 dives at Byron. Julian rock Marine Park.
Viz was ordinary 5 to 8m opaque with particulate, better at rising tide however, but pretty much limiting dives to close up stuff.
Lots of fish life and Grey Nurse Sharks- be over a dozen GNS there, that are very approachable if you keep calm and don't move aggressively and respect their personal space- do this and you can almost bump into them without a reaction out of them.
The poor viz allows for a closer proximity to all the marine creatures, but please be weary of the Wobbegong sharks; as they can bite in a similar manner to stepping on a snake when bush walking.
I "caught" some reasonable photos from the trip- here's some of my favs-
byron bay14.8.12_122 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_116 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_109 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_152 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_164 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_035 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_047 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_043 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
byron bay14.8.12_037 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!