124. Cuttlefish at the Bower

A late afternoon dive in June at the Bower, Cabbage Tree Bay (NSW, Australia): Gorgeous conditions, slight milkiness, but about 12 meters visibility. Flat as a pancake.

I headed to my usual areas. Saw nothing much, so I went slowly, with some surface swimming, towards Shelley Beach, where I had heard there was some giant cuttlefish activity. From the surface I saw a medium-to-large cuttlefish in a three-quarters pose, hovering. I went down and, because my buoyancy wasn’t great (big suit and sma...