Dive Details

Location

Date

06 May, 2007

Time

10:11am - 11:31am

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.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10

Duration

80 minutes

Maximum depth

12.4 m

Average depth

7.2 m

Water temperature

19.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST

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

Low

4:52am

0.49m

High

10:46am

1.23m

Low

4:09pm

0.65m

High

10:45pm

1.68m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Keyhole Angelfish

Medium

1

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

1

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Few

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Small

1

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled Puffer

Small

1

Sepia mestus

Reaper Cuttlefish

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

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.

Painted stinkfish, Eocallionymus papilio. 9 m. Larger image
 

Ascidians. 7.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.7 m. Larger image
 

Nudibranch, A. varia. 9.9 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina, with eggs. 9.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, P. ianthina. 9.7 m.
 

Bryozoans. 10 m.
 

Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 8 m. Larger image
 

Sabellid worm. 7.7 m.
 

Close-up of a head of a nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina. 7.9 m.
 

Hydroid, possibly Tubularia ralphi. 7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraolidia ianthina, hanging from the ledge. 8 m.
 

Keyhole angelfish, Centropyge tibicen. 8.9 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Aphelodoris varia. 7.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 7.6 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraolidia ianthina. 7.1 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Pteraolidia ianthina, with eggs. 7.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 6.5 m.
 

Swimming anemone, Phylctenactis tuberculosa. 5.2 m.
 

Swimming anemone, P. tuberculosa. 3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 3.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, G. atromarginata. 1.1 m.