Julian Rocks - Needles

The Needles is located on the southern end of Julian Rocks and consists of large bombies extending up to shallow depths. Currents and the shallow depths of 5-15m here mean there is plenty to see all year round.

Marine life at this site

Feeding station for manta rays and is a common hang out spot for several leopard sharks in the summer. Large schools of fish, turtles, bull rays, and eagle rays all year round.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae30 obs.

Zebra Shark

Stegostoma tigrinum5 obs.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus2 obs.

Klunzinger's Feather Star

Dichrometra palmata2 obs.

Sand Tiger Shark

Carcharias taurus1 obs.

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Micromelo undatus1 obs.

Spotted Wobbegong

Orectolobus maculatus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonaria1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Rissoina1 obs.

White-spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus ocellatus1 obs.

lined-lip cowrie

Naria labrolineata1 obs.

Haj & rokke

Stegostoma fasciatum1 obs.

Svamp

Mycale1 obs.

Musling

Lima1 obs.

Pyramid Noddiwink

Nodilittorina pyramidalis1 obs.

Western Pacific purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cypraea1 obs.

Little Ass Cowrie

Palmadusta asellus1 obs.

Calf Cowry

Lyncina vitellus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Staphylaea limacina1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas12 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata4 obs.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta4 obs.