Dive Details |
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Location |
Shelly Beach, Manly, NSW |
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Logged dive number |
289 |
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Date |
Sunday 19 August 2007 |
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Time |
10:45am - 11:39am |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
15m |
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Duration |
53 minutes |
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Surface interval |
6 days 19:3 (days hh:mm) |
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Maximum depth |
12.6 m |
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Average depth |
8.2 m |
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Water temperature |
15.3°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison), NSW (AEST) |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
5:42am |
0.48m |
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High |
12:15pm |
1.39m |
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Low |
6:31pm |
0.62m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Syngnathidae |
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Phyllopteryx taeniolatus |
Weedy seadragon |
Large |
2 |
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Pomacentridae |
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Pomacentrus coelestis |
Blue Damsel |
Medium |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Heterodontidae |
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Heterodontus portusjacksoni |
Port Jackson Shark |
Large |
Many |
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Sea Urchins |
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Toxopneustidae |
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Pseudoboletia maculata
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Sea Urchin |
Medium |
1 |
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Tripneustes gratilla
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Collector Urchin |
Medium |
Few |
Details |
Headed out to the bower and then out to the sea dragons.
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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(s) |
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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Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata. 4.5 m.
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Male Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 8.2 m.
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Tunicate. 9.2 m.
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Sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 9.1 m.
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Male Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 10.1 m.
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Male Port Jackson shark, H. portusjacksoni. 10.2 m.
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Egg from Port Jackson shark, H. portusjacksoni. 12 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 12.6 m.
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Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 12.5 m.
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Swimming anemone, Phlyctenactis tuberculosa. 11.9 m.
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Zoanthids. 11.3 m.
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Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 9.1 m.
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