Dive Details |
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Location |
Magic Point, Maroubra, NSW |
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Date |
30 December, 2008 |
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Time |
12:40pm - 1:23pm |
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Details |
Second dive of a double boat dive with Plunge Diving on the HCBS boat.
This time I found the cave almost immediately (once I located the anchor) and we descended with just the two of us. We saw at least one female grey nurse shark. Colin thinks he may have seen a second, a male. After the others arrived we headed south for a bit and discovered a wobbegong shark resting in a open top cave. We headed back to the shark cave for one last look before ascending. |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
5-8 metres |
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Duration |
43 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
16.3 m |
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Average depth |
12.9 m |
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Water temperature |
16.3°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
4:12am |
0.52m |
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High |
10:45am |
1.72m |
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Low |
5:25pm |
0.35m |
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Low |
11:21pm |
1.26m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51 |
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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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Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 15.7 m.
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Colin after seeing the sharks. 15.3 m.
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Spotted wobbegoong, Orectolobus maculatus. 14 m.
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Ascidians. 14.8 m.
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Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 11.8 m.
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Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 11.7 m.
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Spotted wobbegoong, Orectolobus maculatus. 13.9 m.
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