Dive Details
Location
Date
26 October, 2008
Time
10:43am - 11:34am
Details
Second dive of a double boat dive with Plunge Diving on the Scubaroos boat.
We descened the anchor line and pretty much stayed within 20-30 metres of the anchor for the whole dive.
Buddy
Colin Keene
Seas
Calm
Visibility
5 m
Duration
51 minutes
Maximum depth
19.1 m
Average depth
13.9 m
Water temperature
17.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
12:59am
0.34m
High
7:15am
1.51m
Low
1:25pm
0.41m
High
7:26pm
1.48m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter
Housing
Ikelite 6812.3
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51
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.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 18.4 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 18.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.2 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.2 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.4 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 18 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 17.9 m.
Sea star. 17.2 m.
Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 15.2 m.
Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 15.2 m.
Sea star, Fromia polypora. 15.2 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 16.4 m.
Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.5 m.
Male Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 13 m.
Male Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.7 m.
Male Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.9 m.
Female Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.8 m.
Male Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.8 m.
Female Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.9 m.
Mating Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.9 m.