Wobegong sharks

[pezgrande]

Hello,

So I really want to spend some time photographing Wobegong sharks. Where in Australia (and when) should I go?

- Thanks,

Michael

 

[clownfishsydney]

Pretty much anywhere, certainly south of Brisbane. We see them in Sydney but you can go many dives without seeing one. The best places I know to guarantee to see one are Fish Rock at South West Rocks and Julian Rocks at Byron Bay. See my web site for information on these places Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site

 

[recd]

Also common in Jervis Bay, particularly at sites like the Nursery. Keep in mind Wobies are ambush predators. May seem to ignore you, whilst you taking photos, till they don't.

 

[Dan]

If you strike out there, just take a puddle jumper to West Papua. There are still plenty of them there and the water is warm (28C / 82F). One of them happened to just swimming underneath my feet during a night dive

 

[pezgrande]

Thanks for the replies

 

[islandboysrule]

Julian Rocks - Byron Bay. Saw lots there

 

[xmass-Eve]

Fly to Raja Ampat!!! There are so many, you'd get tired of them after a while

 

[WetPup]

They're up on the reefs around the coastal islands of the GBR too. See them off Orpheus Island pretty regularly.

 

[Dan]

I thought I might see one when I was in Code Hole, but no such luck in 4 days of diving there.

 

[Wingy]

They're pretty much everywhere south of the 26th parallel- try looking under ledges for them. We have an abundance of them certainly no need to go to PNG or Indo to find them.