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Dive at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, on 5/7/03 - ATJ's Diving Site
Dive Details |
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Location |
Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, |
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Date |
05 July, 2003 |
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Time |
12:11pm - 1:06pm |
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Details |
Entered at eastern end of beach and headed north along rock wall. |
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Seas |
Slightly Choppy, small swell |
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Visibility |
2-3m |
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Duration |
55 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
4.9 m |
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Average depth |
3.0 m |
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Water temperature |
15.3°C |
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Site Map |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
6:21am |
0.36m |
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High |
12:31pm |
1.30m |
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Low |
6:05pm |
0.59m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Syngnathidae |
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Hippocampus whitei |
White's Seahorse |
Medium |
1 |
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Pomacentridae |
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Mecaenichthys immaculatus |
Immaculate Damsel |
Large |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Achoerodus viridis |
Eastern Blue Groper |
Large |
1 |
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Cirrhilabrus punctatus |
Small-spotted Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Acanthuridae |
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Naso unicornis |
Blue-Spine Unicornfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Aracanidae |
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Anoplocarpros inermis |
Eastern Smooth Boxfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Sea Urchins |
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Toxopneustidae |
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Pseudoboletia indiana
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Collector Urchin |
Large |
Many |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
Large |
Many |
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Cephalopods |
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Sepiidae |
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Sepia plangon
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Mourning Cuttlefish |
Large |
2 |
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Loliginidae |
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Sepioteuthis australis
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Southern Calamari Squid |
Medium |
Few |
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Gastropods |
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Dorididae |
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Aphelodoris varia
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Nudibranch |
Large |
Many |
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Turbinidae |
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Astralium tentoriformis
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Turban Shell |
Large |
Many |
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True Stony Corals |
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Faviidae |
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Plesiastrea versipora
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Coral |
Small |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon Coolpix 4500 |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6186 |
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Strobe |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS50 |
Photographs |
Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.
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Zoanthids and sponge
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Plesiastrea versipora
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Aphelodoris varia
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Mourning cuttlefish Sepia plangon
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Hermit Crab
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Pseudoboletia indiana
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Juvenile cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
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