Dive Details |
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Location |
Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW, |
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Date |
17 March, 2007 |
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Time |
10:47am - 12:04pm |
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Details |
Entered water on the "mainland" side of the bridge and swam across to the island, then heading west to area with the seadragons. |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
5-10m |
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Duration |
77 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
14.6 m |
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Average depth |
19.6 m |
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Water temperature |
20.7°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
1:12am |
0.44m |
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High |
7:38am |
1.79m |
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Low |
3:15pm |
0.21m |
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High |
8:16pm |
1.47m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon guentheri
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Günther's butterflyfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Labridae |
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Coris picta |
Comb Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +4 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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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.
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Zoanthid. 5.3 m.
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Two octopus, Octopus tetricus, mating. The male is on the left and has extended his specialized arm to female on the right. 7.5 m.
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Male octopus, O. tetricus. 7.6 m.
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Female octopus, O. tetricus. 7.5 m.
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Soft coral, Capnella gaboensis. 7.7 m.
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Sponge, Holopsamma laminaefavosa. 9.3 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.5 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.4 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.1 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.1 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.9 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.8 m.
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Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 13.5 m.
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Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.7 m.
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Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
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Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.6 m.
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Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
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Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
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Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi. 13.3 m.
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Sponge. 10.7 m.
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Anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 10.8 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10 m.
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Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 9.8 m.
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Nudibranchs, Glossodoris atromarginata. 1.4 m.
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