Dive Details |
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Location |
Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW, |
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Date |
08 April, 2007 |
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Time |
11:07am - 12:16pm |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene, Ross Fleming |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
2-5m |
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Duration |
69 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
14.1 m |
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Average depth |
10.1 m |
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Water temperature |
20.6°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Sydney (FortDenison) AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
5:54am |
0.56m |
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High |
11:45am |
1.18m |
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Low |
5:11pm |
0.67m |
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High |
11:52pm |
1.54m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Syngnathidae |
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Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
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Weedy seadragon |
Large |
1 |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon guentheri
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Günther's butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys aprinus |
Blotched Hawkfish |
Small |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Stethojulis bandanensis |
Red-Spot Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Cephalopods |
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Octopodidae |
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Octopus tetricus |
Common Sydney Octopus |
Large |
1 |
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Sepiidae |
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Sepia apama |
Giant Cuttlefish |
Large |
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 +5 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50 |
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Strobe |
2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125 |
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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Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 7 m.
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Octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.8 m
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 9.3 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.1 m.
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.3 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopterx taeniolatus. 14.4 m.
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Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 14.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 14.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 14.1 m.
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Soft coral, possibly Carijoa sp.. 14.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 13.3 m.
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.6 m.
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Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.5 m.
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Red sea star. 12.8 m.
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Dendrophylliid stony coral (possibly Dendrophyllia or Tubastraea). 10.6 m.
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Dendrophylliid stony coral (possibly Dendrophyllia or Tubastraea). 10.3 m.
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Easter egg. 7.2 m.
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Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 4 m.
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