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14/03/2005: "Manta Ray meets Leopard Shark"
Where Moreton Bay spills into the ocean the marine life can be interesting.
On this morning I was using scuba alone, in about 12 meters of water. Visibility was limited, but I found a pocket of clear water. 20 meters vis on one side, less than half this in the murk spilling out to sea from the bay.
The manta swam past a leopard shark at rest. It's not every day you can frame your lens to capture a pair of non-related high profile subjects. Elsewhere were dozing shovel nose shark-rays, a turtle or two and a few large stingray. Quite fasinating and a good place for a return visit.
Being alone on a dive has merits. You become the sole intruder and get to see 'everything'.
But you can easily have thoughts to yourself of being the 'sole food' should that tiger out there in the murk be eyeing you off. So concentrating on your camera over-intensely may not be such a brilliant plan. Keep a wary eye open.
