Dive Details |
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Location |
Green Point, Watsons Bay, NSW, |
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Date |
11 June, 2006 |
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Time |
12:02pm - 1:08pm |
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Details |
Entered at beach and followed headland around to the west and south and then back. |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest. |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
5m |
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Duration |
66 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
9.3 m |
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Average depth |
4.9 m |
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Water temperature |
16.6°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 |
1:58am |
0.42m |
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High |
7:45am |
1.31m |
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Low |
1:18pm |
0.53m |
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High |
7:57pm |
1.85m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Labridae |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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 |
Medium |
Many |
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Pseudoboletia maculata
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Sea Urchin |
Medium |
Many |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
Small |
1 |
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 |
50 |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
50 |
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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Pink sponge at 5.8 m.
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Zoanthids, possibly Epizoanthis sabulosis in encrusting sponge at 5.2 m.
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Sydney cardinalfish, Apogon limenus, at 4.6 m.
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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.3 m.
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Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi, at 7.5 m.
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Orange ascidian at 7.1 m.
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Orange sponge at 6.7 m.
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Sabellid tubeworm, possibly Sabellastarte sp., at 3.7 m.
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Crinoid, Cenolia trichoptera, at 5.8 m.
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Sea star, possibly Plectaster decanus, at 6.1 m.
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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia indiana, at 5.9 m.
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Large sponge at 5.4 m.
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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.2 m.
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Zoanthids, possibly Epizoanthis sabulosis in encrusting sponge at 4.8 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 3.5 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.2 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.2 m. Note that this individual is missing much of its right most arm.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.1 m. Note that this individual is missing much of its right most arm.
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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.2 m.
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Faviid coral, Plesiastrea versipora, at 3.2 m.
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