A night snorkel at Blairgowrie Pier was the chance to take advantage of light winds. There are spring tides at present but the evening tide variation was only small, so currents were quite minimal. We got in at about 6PM, half an hour after sunset and got out about 7:15PM. The seagrass was pumping with animals. There was so much to see from Shorthead Worm-eels and Shorthead Seahorses to Bobtail Squid, Pygmy Squid, Seahares, Shaw’s Cowfish, Grass Clingfish, Helmetshield Slugs and nudibranchs.
We didn’t swim in water any deeper than about 20cm as there was so much going on. Here is a gallery of photos of our night snorkel at Blairgowrie Pier by myself and Carla Bond that show the range of what we found in a rather frantic one hour swim before being picked up by relatives for dinner!
This coming weekend looks to be just as good throughout the bay. Water temperatures have dropped again to about 16 degrees but cooler weather means less sea breeze. As winter turns, it tends to bring milder conditions and more northerlies too, which is altogether better, despite the cold.
