Dive Details
Location
Date
08 April, 2007
Time
11:07am - 12:16pm
Buddy
Colin Keene, Ross Fleming
Seas
Slight
Visibility
2-5m
Duration
69 minutes
Maximum depth
14.1 m
Average depth
10.1 m
Water temperature
20.6°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (FortDenison) AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
5:54am
0.56m
High
11:45am
1.18m
Low
5:11pm
0.67m
High
11:52pm
1.54m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Weedy seadragon
Large
1
Günther's butterflyfish
Medium
1
Cirrhitichthys aprinus
Blotched Hawkfish
Small
1
Red-Spot Wrasse
Medium
1
Octopus tetricus
Common Sydney Octopus
Large
1
Giant Cuttlefish
Large
1
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D70
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6807.1
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50
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.
Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 7 m.
Octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.8 m
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 9.3 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.3 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopterx taeniolatus. 14.4 m.
Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 14.2 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 14.2 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 14.1 m.
Soft coral, possibly Carijoa sp.. 14.4 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 13.3 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.6 m.
Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.5 m.
Red sea star. 12.8 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral (possibly Dendrophyllia or Tubastraea). 10.6 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral (possibly Dendrophyllia or Tubastraea). 10.3 m.
Easter egg. 7.2 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 4 m.