Dive at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW, on 25/2/07 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

25 February, 2007

Time

1:22pm - 2:26pm

Details

Headed west then south west from the "boat ramp" on the northern side of the island.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3-5m

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

14.6 m

Average depth

7.5 m

Water temperature

18.4°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT

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

High

3:20am

1.56m

Low

10:23am

0.52m

High

4:17pm

1.08m

Low

9:45pm

0.65m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

1

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50

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.


Marbled dragonet, Synchiropus ocellatus. 5.1 m.
 

Marbled dragonet, S. ocellatus. 5.2 m.
 

Zoanthid. 5.2 m.
 

Nudibranch eggs. 5.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 6.6 m.
 

Anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 6.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 6.7 m.
 

Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 6.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.5 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 11.7 m.
 

Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.3 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagaonaster duebeni. 14.1 m.
 

Sea star. 14.2 m.
 

Sea star. 13.5 m.
 

Rock cod. 12.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8.5 m.
 

Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 7.3 m.