Dive Details |
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Location |
Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, |
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Date |
20 May, 2006 |
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Time |
9:33am - 10:43am |
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Details |
Headed north from beach. First dive with housing for D70. Camera and housing performed well despite the poor visibility. |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
3 |
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Duration |
70 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
5.2 m |
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Average depth |
3.2 m |
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Water temperature |
18.3°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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High |
1:15am |
1.67m |
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Low |
8:18am |
0.42m |
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High |
2:26pm |
1.28m |
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Low |
7:54pm |
0.69m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Scorpaenidae |
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Pterois volitans
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Common Lionfish |
Large |
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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Cirrhilabrus punctatus |
Small-spotted Wrasse |
Medium |
2 |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
Medium |
Few |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
Medium |
2 |
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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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Pseudoboletia maculata
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Sea Urchin |
Small |
Few |
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Toxopneustes pileolus
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Sea Urchin |
Large |
2 |
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Cephalopods |
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Octopodidae |
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Octopus tetricus |
Common Sydney Octopus |
Medium |
2 |
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Sepiidae |
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Sepia plangon
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Mourning Cuttlefish |
Large |
2 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF +4 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55 |
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Strobes |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50 |
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Ikelite SubStrobe DS-125 |
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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Tim Everest, Homo sapiens, at 1.3 m.
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Half-banded seaperch, Hypoplectrodes maccullochi, at 1.7 m.
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Sea urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, at 2.5 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus, at 3.4 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 2.9 m.
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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata at 3.3 m.
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Lionfish, Pterois volitans, at 3.5 m.
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Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi, at 3.7 m.
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Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus, at 3.3 m.
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A tunicate, a tunicate covered by sponge or a sponge at 4.3 m.
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Sabellid tubeworm, possibly Sabellastarte sp., at 3.5 m.
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Orange sponge at 3.3 m.
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Collector urchin, Pseudoboletia indiana, at 3.5 m.
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Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridus, at 4 m.
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Plesiastrea versipora at 4.6 m.
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Collector urchin, Pseudoboletia indiana, at 4 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus, at 2.9 m.
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Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridus, at 4.5 m.
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Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridus, at 4.1 m.
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Abedefduf bengalensis at 4.4 m.
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Abedefduf bengalensis at 4.1 m.
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Abedefduf bengalensis at 4.3 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus, at 3.4 m.
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Small spotted wrasse, Cirrhilabrus punctatus, at 3 m.
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