I spent my last two dives in Australia searching for leafy seadragons, but unfortunately couldn't find any. Regardless, it was good to see the diverse types of habitat that leafy sea dragons typically use and how these are comparable and different to what weedy seadragons prefer. For example, leafy seadragons tend to hang near these long pieces of algae above large mats of sea grasses whereas the weedy's I saw tended to preffer to be where the sandy patches meet the sea grasses.


Habitat (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

As I previously mentioned, regardless of whether or not you see seadragons the diving here is always spectacular.

The temperate waters of southern Australia may not get the recognition that the tropcial reefs like the Great Barrier Reef does, however, the colors and diversity of fish, invertebrates, and algaes are absolutely magnificent.


Jetty (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)


Nudibranch (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)


Squid and old wife (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)


Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus) (Photo: Jeremy Brodt)

Cheers,
Jeremy


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