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a large library of reviewed shark books, a constantly outdated shark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 that contains pictures on other marine
organisms and on marine habitats. This expansion of Elasmodiver is
in its first stages but will eventually include pages on everything
from sea stars to nudibranches. Creating this portal will take time
and for now it consists of a token offering of fish pictures. 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.
