Dive at Long Bay, Malabar, NSW on 11/2/07 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

11 February, 2007

Time

1:57pm - 2:51pm

Details

Entered at emergency boat ramp and headed out across the bay and then back to the norther side.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

1-3m

Duration

54 minutes

Maximum depth

8.0 m

Average depth

4.1 m

Water temperature

21.3°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Fort Denison (AEDT)

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

High

3:15am

1.37m

Low

10:01am

0.69m

High

3:36pm

1.05m

Low

9:20pm

0.67m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

2

  Cephalopods

 

Octopodidae

 

Octopus tetricus

Common Sydney Octopus

Large

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

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.


Feather duster worm. 5.7 m.
 

Astralium tentoriformis. 3.5 m.
 

Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 2.7 m.
 

Orange sponge. 1.9 m.