DIVE LOG AUSTRALASIA FEB 2026

Shorthead Worm Eel

Once I get closer to the bottom, I start looking around very slowly for the next subject to photograph. There are Nudibranchs almost anywhere you look. Southern Velvetfish are masters of camouflage, but once you spot one for the first time, you start seeing them again and again. The Blue-Ringed Octopus is shy and

timid, yet I still encounter one or two on almost every night dive. The always grumpy-looking Little Scorpionfish is pure entertainment to watch while hunting — its whole body lifts off the sand in a sudden jump when it strikes at its prey.

A Blue-Ringed Octopus on the hunt, flashing its electric blue warning rings.

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DIVE LOG Australasia #416 February ‘26

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