420 Dive Log Australasia OCTOBER 2026

So many friendly Seals photo credit Mike Scotland

Marauding Sea Pike

This is a marine landscape that regales with splendid scenes: vast kelp forests, sponge gardens, gigantic boulders and ethereal, pastel hued submarine valleys. When blades of sunlight get caught up in willowy sea grasses, the effect is quite otherworldly. Fringed by villages of sorbet-coloured beachy cottages, a series of calm coves unfolds between

Batemans Bay and Broulee. Mossy Point and Tomakin headlands, where rock platforms slide straight into silky aquamarine depths, are reminiscent of the Mediterranean. Guerilla Bay is a serene aquarium encased within rock walls inscribed with impressive rock art. The rock shelf on the northern side is perfect for sliding into the smooth aquamarine. The blue

Male Lucentulus wrasse Mike Scotland

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Dive Log Australasia #420 October ’26