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Dive at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, on 10/4/05 - ATJ's Diving Site
Dive Details |
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Location |
Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, |
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Date |
10 April, 2005 |
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Time |
12:37pm - 1:50pm |
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Details |
Dive to rocky reef off beach, first. |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
1-3m |
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Duration |
72 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
5.1 m |
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Average depth |
3.5 m |
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Water temperature |
21.3°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 |
3:12am |
0.32m |
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High |
9:16am |
1.54m |
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Low |
3:14pm |
0.38m |
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High |
9:33pm |
1.76m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Pomacentridae |
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Mecaenichthys immaculatus |
Immaculate Damsel |
Large |
Many |
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Pomacentrus coelestis |
Blue Damsel |
Medium |
2 |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
Small |
Many |
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Acanthurus olivaceus |
Orange-blotch Surgeon |
Small |
1 |
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Prionurus microlepidotus |
Sawtail |
Medium |
Few |
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Sea Urchins |
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Toxopneustidae |
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Pseudoboletia indiana
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Collector Urchin |
Medium |
Many |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
Medium |
Many |
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Cephalopods |
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Octopodidae |
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Octopus tetricus |
Common Sydney Octopus |
Large |
2 |
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Sepiidae |
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Sepia plangon
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Mourning Cuttlefish |
Small |
Few |
Species Caught |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Sea Urchins |
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Toxopneustidae |
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Pseudoboletia indiana
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Collector Urchin |
40 |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
55 |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
40 |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
35 |
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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Immaculate Damsel, Mecaenichthys immaculatus, at 4.7 m.
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Seargant Baker, Aulopus purpurissatus, at 4.2 m.
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Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi, at 4.3 m.
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