Gallery - West of Adelaide
The Eyre Peninsula stretches 1,000 kilometres from Whyalla in the east to the Western Australian border, and 400 kilometres from the Gawler Ranges in the north to Port Lincoln in the south.
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Cuttlefish Duo
by DennisH
Two Cuttlefish hanging out in Tumby Bay, South Australia.
Photocomp December '12 - Open
Giant Cuttlefish
by lisaM
A Giant Cuttlefish at Stony Point, Whyalla, South Australia. Canon D10
Photocomp August '11 - Novice
Watching the watcher.
by JamieC
Profile shot of a Leafy Seadragon. Tumby Bay, South Australia. Nikon L2, Ikelite housing and AF35 strobe.
Photocomp July '11 - Open
Leafy Sea Dragon
by Chris
We braved 12C water at Tumby Bay, South Australia to find the elusive, fragile and beautiful Leafy Seadragons. Canon 7D, Nauticam Housing, Inon Z240 strobes.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Fatherly Dutie
by JamieC
Male Leafy Seadragon laden with eggs at Tumby Bay Jetty, South Australia. Nikon L20, Ikelite housing, with wide angle lens and AF35 strobe.
Photocomp October '10 - Open
Drifting Dragon
by MattT
Image of a Leafy Seadragon taken at Wool Bay in South Australia. Nikon D70s.
Photocomp August '10 - Open
Cuttlefish in algae
by AlistairM
Sepia apama. Whyalla, South Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 10-22mm, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp August '10 - Novice
Short Head
by MattT
Image of a Short-head Seahorse taken at Port Victoria in South Australia.
Photocomp June '10 - Open
Leafy Seadragon
by MattT
A Leafy Seadragon at Edithburgh Pier, South Australia on a night dive.
Photocomp April '10 - Open
PJ Squid
by Luke B
A striped pyjama squid under Edithburgh jetty, South Australia. These little guys make a night worth the effort.
Photocomp April '10 - Open
I'm Hiding
by JamieC
Southern Rock Lobster only 1.5” long in 2.5 meters deep water. Tumby Bay, South Australia.
Photocomp March '10 - Novice
Kingfish with net
by SeannaC
Yellowtail kingfish pictured against the edge of their pen in Fitzgerald Bay, Whyalla, South Australia.
Photocomp February '10 - Open
Diving with Kingfish
by SeannaC
Diver Audrey Pang prepares to enter the Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture pens, which hold as many as 25,000 fish each, at Fitzgerald Bay, Whyalla, South Australia.
Photocomp February '10 - Open
In the Directory
Articles
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Australian Sea Lions - what a buzz!
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by John Natoli
- It was around midday, when Andrew Fox suggested that conditions were perfect for a brief stop over at Hopkins Island and take a dive with Australian Sea Lions.
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Whyalla - Cuttlefish Mating Mecca and More
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by SeannaC
- A four-hour drive west of Adelaide, Whyalla is a seaside mining town is known as the place “where the outback meets the sea”. To divers, Whyalla is known as Australia’s Cuttlefish Mecca. Each winter thousands of Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) gather in the shallow waters around Whyalla to mate.
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Great White, great diving
- This was my first time diving with Calypso Star Charters and Captain Rolf who had come highly recommended.
