Conditions looked pretty good at The Leap. It was close to low tide so I was able to jump in from the low platform. Visibility at the entry point was at least 5 metres. I descended and swam to the sand line at around 60° and arrived at the southern end of the amphitheatre.
I swam to Pygmy Rock and started my search for the little pygmy pipehorse and was surprised to find it almost immediately. Unfortunately, it was a bit surgy and it was not easy to photograph.
I headed off towards Seahorse Rock and found a weedy seadragon on the way. It was the same one I'd seen on the other side of the flat top sponge covered rock last Monday.
I swam past Seahorse Rock having a quick look for pygmies and seahorses and stopped at the low rock where "Pierre", the pot-bellied seahorse, moved to. I couldn't find him initially and was just about to give up when I noticed him squeezed between two sponges.
I continued on to Seadragon Alley. Right at the start of Seadragon Alley I came across three weedy seadragons together. Two I had seen before but I didn't get any photos of the third so I don't know if I'd seen it before.
At the end of Seadragon Alley I went to the top of the reef past the top of big reef and tried to find the Miamira magnifica again but didn't find it.
After my search I swam up to the boulders and did my safety stop and then exited at The Steps. |
