Dive Details |
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Location |
Gordon's Bay, Clovelly, NSW, |
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Date |
06 May, 2007 |
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Time |
10:11am - 11:31am |
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Details |
Swam straight out from the entry point to find the wall. We headed too far east and had to come back. I'll get it right next time. |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
5-10 |
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Duration |
80 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
12.4 m |
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Average depth |
7.2 m |
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Water temperature |
19.4°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
4:52am |
0.49m |
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High |
10:46am |
1.23m |
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Low |
4:09pm |
0.65m |
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High |
10:45pm |
1.68m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge tibicen
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Keyhole Angelfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Anampses caeruleopunctatus
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Diamond Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Medium |
Few |
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Balistidae |
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Rhinecanthus rectangulus
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Wedge-tail Triggerfish |
Small |
1 |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Canthigaster valentini |
Saddled Puffer |
Small |
1 |
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Cephalopods |
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Sepiidae |
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Sepia mestus |
Reaper Cuttlefish |
Medium |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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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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Painted stinkfish, Eocallionymus papilio. 9 m. Larger image
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Ascidians. 7.5 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.7 m. Larger image
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Nudibranch, A. varia. 9.9 m.
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Nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina, with eggs. 9.6 m.
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Nudibranch, P. ianthina. 9.7 m.
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Bryozoans. 10 m.
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Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 8 m. Larger image
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Sabellid worm. 7.7 m.
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Close-up of a head of a nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina. 7.9 m.
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Hydroid, possibly Tubularia ralphi. 7 m.
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Nudibranch, Pteraolidia ianthina, hanging from the ledge. 8 m.
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Keyhole angelfish, Centropyge tibicen. 8.9 m.
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Nudibranchs, Aphelodoris varia. 7.3 m.
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Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.7 m.
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Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 7.6 m.
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Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.6 m.
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Nudibranch, Pteraolidia ianthina. 7.1 m.
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Nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina, with eggs. 7.1 m.
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Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 6.5 m.
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Swimming anemone, Phylctenactis tuberculosa. 5.2 m.
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Swimming anemone, P. tuberculosa. 3 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 3.1 m.
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Nudibranch, G. atromarginata. 1.1 m.
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