Not just Shark
Pictures: Elasmodiver contains photos of sharks, skates, rays, and
chimaera's from around the world. It began as a simple web based
field guide to help divers find the best places to encounter
different species of sharks and rays but it has slowly evolved into
a much larger project containing information on all aspects of shark
diving and photography. There are now more than a thousand shark
pictures and sections on shark evolution, biology, and
conservation. There is a large library of reviewed shark books, a
constantly outdated shark taxonomy page, a monster list of shark
links, and deeper in the site there are numerous articles and
stories about shark encounters. Elasmodiver is now so difficult to
check for updates, that new information and pictures are listed on
an Elasmodiver Updates Page that can be accessed here:
If you're looking
for a broader range of marine life pictures the following links
represent a new area of elasmodiver.com that contains pictures of
other marine organisms and of marine habitats. This expansion of
Elasmodiver is in its first stages but will eventually include pages
on all types of marine mammals, bony fishes and marine invertebrates
as well as coastal habitats, reefscapes and other imagess relating
to the ocean. Please return regularly to enjoy the progress.
Encounter:
Enormous banded wobbegongs, dwarf ornate wobbegongs, spotted wobbegongs and
possibly tasseled wobbegongs. Also lots of grey nurse sharks (sandtigers), shark
rays, bull rays, the occasional blind shark and various other seasonal visiting
elasmobranchs.
All of these animals
are just hanging out at Fish Rock, a small guano covered islet not far from
Southwest Rocks in New South Wales. Wobbegongs lounge around on the ledges and
Grey nurse sharks hover in the gullies between them. There is also a fissure
that runs right through the islet and forms a long swim-through cavern that
hosts yet more wobbegongs and the occasional grey nurse. The cave is also home
to a couple of gigantic bull rays.
Operators:
Jon Cragg is the owner/operator of Fish Rock Dive Centre. He has done thousands
of dives on the rock and has a fast dive boat that can get you there from
Southwest Rocks in about 20 minutes. John's dive shop is located on the main
road into SW Rocks and is attached to a hotel which is happy to cater to divers.
Southwest Rocks Dive
Centre is another recommended operator.
