Leafy Sea Dragon
A juvenile Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus Eques) under the deteriorating jetty at Rapid Bay, South Australia. Until you get used to it, its very difficult to spot the dragons amongst the weed. They can be regularly seen at a number of sites around Adelaide.
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Robby Cummins
Fantastic Matt – very nice colors
Sean Farragher
amazing capture
Ben Grant
great shot, looks like it was a nice day down there
Matt Gibbs
Cheers guys! We were very lucky actually, we were camping nearby and the weather and been pretty rough for a few days, so we didn’t get a chance to dive. Finally the wind dropped off and we managed to get in the water before heading back to Adelaide. Somehow the visibility was the best I’ve seen down there!
Robin Robb
Wonderful capture. Love the colors.
MattTworkowski
Beautiful shot bud,have never had the pleasure to see one of these guys underwater,its on the agenda though,cheers
Maree Toogood
Great shot Matt
Halley
What a wonderful photo well done
Matt Gibbs
Thanks for the comments everyone. Matt, if you’re ever in Adelaide send me a BubbleMail and we can line up a few dives to find them!
MattTworkowski
Will take you up on that some day,cheers mate
georgiegirl
Fantastic photo of a trully beautiful sea creature ;D
Carol & Kev Ha...
Absolutely stunning!
mwfoster
one of my favorite type of Dragons
Stephen Colquitt
Very cool.
Are there many shore dives where you can find these guys?
mieclarke
Fantastic…i like it!!
Matt Gibbs
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to look and comment. There are two shore dives around Adelaide where the Leafys can be regularly seen. Rapid Bay Jetty is about 1 hour south of Adelaide, and is a very pretty dive, not just for the Leafys. If you really want to be guaranteed to find them the best place is probably Wool Bay Jetty, about 3 hours from Adelaide, around onto Yorke Peninsula. The jetty is very short and only about 3m deep, but you would be extremely unlucky not to find at least a few dragons there.
jesika
Gorgeous creature
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Joanne Bradley
Wow wonderful stunning capture! Colors are magnificent!
Joaquin Loyzaga
beautiful!
Kablwerk
Top notch- love the colours!
Ian Berry
A great shot Matt