Robert's Ramblings

Edithburgh is famous as a jetty dive of unsurpassed diversity and beauty. However, all of Edithburgh's coast is just as beautiful and often overlooked. The 'Swimming Pool' is one such area.

Edithburgh's 'Swimming Pool' is a tide filled seawater pool offering a safe place for families to enjoy a lazy afternoon by the sea just a few meters short of the unknown. But slip out of the pool and into the ocean you find yourself in a snorkeller's paradise.

Dusky Morwongs, Old Wives, Leatherjackets, Cuttlefish, Stingrays, Sweep, Moonlighters, Whiting, Mulloway, Magpie Perch, Zebra Fish, Talmas, Blennys, Starfish, Urchines, Abalone, Scallops, Blue Grouper and Wrasse dance among the rocks and kelp in less than 2m of water. Many of the species seen will be juveniles as this rocky coastal area is a nursery for many of the bigger off-shore reef fish.

So next time you find yourself at Edithburgh with a potential future diver take them for a snorkel in the Swimming Pool.

Until the next post, take care out there and keep diving ( if that's what you do! ) ...Robert

Photo: Robert Rath C5060 1/125s at f/6.7 ISO100 Inon UWL100-28AD Lens