Great dive site for nudibranchs, weedy sea dragons, Port Jackson sharks, blue groper, giant cuttle, red cuttle, sponge gardens and schooling fish. Max.depth 18m Nudibranchs, giant cuttle, red cuttle, blue grope, weedy sea dragons all seen regularly. Also seahorses, red indian fish, anglerfish, shovelnosre rays, eagle rays if you're lucky.
Facts about Bare Island
It is in Australia- Bare Island is in the Tasman Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 0-3 Metres 0-10 Feet.
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Doug AndersonSargeant Baker, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonJuvenile boxfish, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonCeratosoma amoena, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonYellowtail, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonCuttlefish pair, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonChromodoris splendida, Bare Island
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Peter SimpsonHard to find, cool to observe. Photo of a Sydney pygmy Pipehorse, taken at good old Bear island with an Olympus C8080
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Doug AndersonBlue Groper, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonPteraeolidia ianthina, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonGiant Cuttle, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonPygmy Leatherjacket, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonChromodoris splendida, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonPhyllodesmium poindimei
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Doug AndersonChromodoris tasmaniensis, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonCeratosoma amoena, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonChromodoris tasmaniensis, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonJuvenile Eastern Smooth Boxfish, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonWeedy Sea Dragon, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonJuvenile Boxfish, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonAphelodoris varia, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonAnthozoan, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonTriplefin, Bare Island
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Nunzio BiancoOctopus
Nikon D80 with Nikkor 60mm lens in a D80 Housing with single DS125 strobe
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Doug AndersonEye and Crest, Port Jackson Shark
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Doug AndersonTriplefin, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonEastern Hulafish, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonAphelodoris varia, Bare Island
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Budy LukmanCommon Ceratosoma amoena in temparate Australian water of NSW. Found a lot around Bare Island
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Doug AndersonJuvenile Eastern Smooth Boxfish, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonAphelodoris varia, Bare Island
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Doug AndersonAphelodoris varia, Bare Island
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Matthias Wildermuth"Dawn is breaking"
Trinchesia sp(white,10 mm)next to P.Ianthina Nudibranch
F6.3 1/200 Canon 500D, 60 mm plus wetlens
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Klaus StiefelMy dive buddy and I saw this squid doing a beautiful light show for us during a night dive in Botany Bay near Sydney.
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Gaetano Gargiulovery tiny nudi. I had to use the 105micro in combination with the 1.4 multiplier on a cropped sensor...
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Gaetano GargiuloRed Indian fish surprised on the bare sand (night dive)
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Gaetano GargiuloVery small (less than 1 cm) juvenile wrasse hovering over sponges
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Gaetano GargiuloSquat lobster in a sponge. taken with a 20mm reversed 5:1 reproduction ratio
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Gaetano GargiuloThe background is natural. The clear tone is given by the water column and the far away rocks. I waited >10minutes to take this shot as the little fellow was moving between the weed to hunt small crustaceans
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Gaetano GargiuloMu mum said I am beautiful!!!
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Gaetano GargiuloIs this my best side?? the pajama squid took advantage of my lights to hunt mid water
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Gaetano GargiuloCourting couple (Sydney's pygmy pipe-horse fish)
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Gaetano Gargiuloin the shade
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Gaetano Gargiulothe so called "great seahorse"
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Gaetano GargiuloBlenny portrait with bugeye
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Gaetano GargiuloThe queen of Bare Island is sitting in her golden throne
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Gaetano GargiuloBecause the blue water is overrated that is why...
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Gaetano Gargiulounder a starry night
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Gaetano Gargiulojuvenile seadragon swimming in kelp
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Gaetano Gargiuloman meet dragon
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Sofia TenggronoWeedy Seadragon