Coming fro the uk i never really saw anything very exotic, maybe the odd floating nappy but since moving to Australia i have seen,

sharks
dolphins
turtles
sting rays
Dugong ( i think )
Model photo shoot on a yacht


what have you guys come across

This year i spotted 3 dolphins twice in the bay and last cup day weekend spotted a massive sting ray in the pit. I met the famous one eyed seal at stony point western port bay as well, wich was unreal. never seen a shark in melbourne and i dont believe they exsist. well i hope anyway

another thing i saw in the water was a few months ago. I was windsurfing at inverloch and came across a Golden Retriever, wich was trying to swim across the inlet in a strong current to it's owner, who was out windsurfing. I yelled out to the dog ''a dude you ok!'' i got no reply as he kept swimming for miles to his owner and jumped on his sail board. The guy who owned the dog was telling me he usually swims twice a day across the inlet while he is windsurfing. what a awesome dog

Railway Sleeper.First impression,after closer inspection [slightly longer and not quite as thick] i reckon it was probably a plank off a jetty.Slightly submerged and glad i didn't collide with it,could have done some serious damage.

There's a boat on the Swan River that hires out for parties with 5/6 strippers on board every once i na while. Suddenly I forget how to waterstart

knigit said...

There's a boat on the Swan River that hires out for parties with 5/6 strippers on board every once i na while. Suddenly I forget how to waterstart

Sorry

landyacht said...

had a sea lion climb over the stern for a look.

If that was on the land yacht then you have won this thread, hands down!

a plane crash landing in the bay at sandy yacht club during a race

Not really strange but a pleasant surprise.....
In Noumea about 1990.....sailing out in the bay..thought I was going really well when i hear
a bit of female laughter behind me.
Two young and very attractive female sailors overhaul me and accelerate past me..the fact that they were only wearing bikini bottoms and harnesses had nothing to do with my lack of concentration.
Although so delightfully French and seemingly natural , it still didn't stop me falling off due to my lack of focus.

on saltwater..a dead bloated water buffalo i swear it was the first and the last time i saw that floating

I wish my last catapault was onto a floating mattress, not dry reef :-)

greenleader said...

i hit a submerged mattress off wellington point.

it was a paisley pattern and it surfaced as i did after the big catapult.
aaargh.....i waterstarted faster than bjorn...i thought it was a dead body.

i am ok now....

did it look like this?

was out quite wide and saw something big (like a large bouy) floating in the water, decided to use it as a gybe point. as I gybed looked over realised it was a huge very dead turtle. Made sure i didn't stack!

Also not quite a year ago a couple having a root on the beach. Didn't even think about stopping (doggie) and were watching me ride around. Was kiting so quite close to beach playing in shorebreak. Later she was blowing him etc, both completely starkers putting on a show. She was a spadger too with tribal tat on her leg.

Sometimes it better to not wear polaroids when sailing. You see all sorts or weird (could be a shark) stuff in the water that you wouldnt see otherwise.

pierrec45 said...
Saw a beaver last summer in the Great Lakes though...

Geez, never thought it would get warm enough to find nude sunbakers.

A few years ago a whale found its way into Botany Bay, and it was all over the local news as it took about a week to find its way out. There were lots of people out on boats trying to see it. I am on a sail in a 15-20 NE on a saturday afternoon, and I see all the boats watching it about 400m away and assume it is where the boats are. Fully powered up and about 20-30m directly in front of me and across my path the whale surfaces. I jam the heals down and head up wind hard, and manage to stop (sink the tail) about 5-10m from it and just manage to stay on my board and get out of the straps while my board is trying to sink and sit there for about a minute while the whale decides to move on. I hate to think what would have happened it I cam past 5 seconds earlier just as it was surfacing.

Other than that a huge dark thing went under be in Shark Bay WA. It was large and round so I assume a Manta Ray or something. Also seen Dolphins in Nelson's bay, and many other large unidientified shadows at various locations such as Noosa River, Trial Bay. It really makes you wonder how many dangerous creatures we have been close to that we didn't even see. I am sure that we only see a small percentage of the sea life that is actually swimming around us.

--Adrian

Same as Vosadrian, saw a Humpback whale rise out of the water in front of me at Rye. Regularly see the same 2 playful dophins off Mornington pier.

The other day I watched 2 pelicans flying as part of the V with those other dark long neck but smaller birds. Was like a species identity crisis. Probably common, but I've never seen it.