92 Bold & Beautiful swimmers
enjoyed what started off as ‘just’ a normal, beautifully stunning, sunny, calm swim…
Which some obviously still find a little chilly… Simon, Ian !?
We found Two flatheads for the price of one…
I dived down to photograph this lovely flathead, once I got down there I spotted this second one, totally camouflaged in the sand with no colouring on him at all !
There were lots of Yellow Tail Scad
and what I thought were lots of lone Port Jackson Sharks swimming around minding their own business…
But… just after I photographed this beautiful big female she swam away, only to get accosted by a lurking male !
They were entwinned for what must have been 15 minutes !
and then there were three…
and then FOUR !!!
Check out these fabulous photos below courtesy of Jeff Lange. In the fifth photo Jeff captured the moment when one of the other PJs swam up and nudged the copulating male 😉
The whole thing was AMAZING !!!!!
You can watch a short video of the whole thing – Two Port Jackson Sharks Mating here !
That wasn’t the only action out there this morning; 7 swimmers also enjoyed the early dawn lap, 2 went up to Queenscliff and 8 doubled with a second lap of Shelly.
Also, there was a pod of dolphins in the bay just before we entered the water too 🙂
Another magnificent morning ! Plus what’s more, these superb conditions are looking to remain for at least a week 🙂
What a delightful winter we have had !!! A whale, a seal, mating sharks and 650 pink capped swimmers have swum at least once so far over winter !
132 swimmers have currently qualified for their winter badge so far ! With another 69 on target and another 89 who need to swim soon to make sure they don’t miss out…
To check out how you’re going towards your winter badge please click here
Happy birthday to Michelle Harris today !! 🙂
Our next monthly special B&B dinner at Bluewater is on Monday 27th August. If we have enough people booked in we’ll have the whole restaurant to ourselves again 🙂 It’s a fantastic night with superb food and great company so don’t miss out… book in now by clicking here
Dinner is $20 each including shared entrees, a selection of mains to choose (incl vegetarian option), corkage (for byo wine only) plus a little thank you from each of us to the staff ! All beers (including 4 pines) and desserts only $5.
Water Temperature 17.0
Air Temperature 9.0
Sunrise 6.33am
Sunset 5.26pm
High Tide: 7.15am
Low Tide: 12.55pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
12 comments
John
16/08/2012 at 11:23 am
Clear blue sky,calm clear water – too good to miss.
Great photos and video of the PJ’s, especially to capture 4 together.
Were the other 2 larger sharks females wanting to be part of the action?
Happy Birthday Michelle.
Lesley
16/08/2012 at 12:23 pm
The male PJ is not very attractive is he? Like a slimey eel!! 😀
Great chance experience Jules!! You can see in Jeff’s second photo with you in it just how big the PJ’s were!
Lovely clear swim!!!!
John S
16/08/2012 at 12:27 pm
I’m so impressed with how deep Julie can dive to get the images. Note her jimble tat, very recognisable!
Great blog today.
How nice was the water, flat, clear and no jimbles!!!
lee.cooper2@det.nsw.edu.au
16/08/2012 at 12:44 pm
Jules – good the water was cold ……….. !!!??
Jane
16/08/2012 at 12:59 pm
Fantastic pics Jules. I’ve sent the blog straight off to Mark and Amanda at the OzMus – keep you informed. Love the Headline too – much better than the one we thought of at the time!
Slow Ian
16/08/2012 at 1:09 pm
Great video Jules! Given me some new ideas!
amanda.hay@austmus.gov.au
16/08/2012 at 1:10 pm
Great stuff, thanks for sending the link Jane. Mark is hoping to be able to add the brilliant footage to the AustMus Fish website.
Jane
16/08/2012 at 1:22 pm
OzMus folk loved Julie’s photos – see Amanda’s comment above! Marvellous, Jules!
Jane
16/08/2012 at 1:31 pm
But can you hold your breath for that long, Ian?
Slow Ian
16/08/2012 at 3:47 pm
I’ll have to get my trusty snorkel out 😉
Jane
16/08/2012 at 6:20 pm
Success! Julie’s Loving Sharks video is now linked to the Australian Museum website! Go to:
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Port-Jackson-Shark-Heterodontus-portusjacksoni-Meyer-1793/. and scroll down to “Mating and reproduction”.
Fantastic, Jules! And Amanda said it was “brilliant footage”!
Alyson
16/08/2012 at 9:27 pm
Wow! What an amazing blog today! Greatictures! And a great shot of your jimbles scar on your back Jules….. Ouch!