Dive Details |
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Location |
Shelly Beach, Manly, NSW, |
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Date |
16 September, 2006 |
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Time |
12:46pm - 1:48pm |
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Details |
The aim of the dive was to get photographs of a weedy seadragon. We found 2 or 3. |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
10m |
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Duration |
62 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
11.8 m |
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Average depth |
7.4 m |
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Water temperature |
17.9°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Fort Denison, Sydney, NSW |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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High |
3:53am |
1.02m |
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Low |
9:04am |
0.66m |
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High |
3:50pm |
1.47m |
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Low |
11:00pm |
0.47m |
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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Male eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 4.5 m.
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Male eastern blue groper, A. viridis. 5 m.
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Female sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 6.1 m.
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Cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.5 m.
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Cuttlefish, S. mestus. 7.6 m.
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Male Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 10.6 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.5 m.
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Male weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, with eggs. 11.6 m.
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