Dive at Shiprock, Port Hacking, NSW, on 26/1/09 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

26 January, 2009

Time

8:53am - 9:59am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Headed out to and around the bommies.

Buddy

Lock

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

63 minutes

Maximum depth

17.4 m

Average depth

11.5 m

Water temperature

20.0°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

2:41am

0.49m

High

9:15am

1.73m

Low

3:53pm

0.33m

High

9:45pm

1.31m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.


Close-up of sea star, Anthenea sidneyensis. 14.3 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.6 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.5 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.9 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.9 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.9 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.9 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.9 m.
 

Eastern king prawn, Penaeus plebejus. 14.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 16.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Tambja verconis. 17.4 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Tambja verconis. 16.9 m.
 

Ascidian colony, Sycozoa cerebriformis. 16.5 m.
 

Sea pen, Cavernularia obesa. 16.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 16.8 m.
 

Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 16 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare . 15.3 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 14.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch eggs. 13.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 13.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 12.3 m.
 

Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 12.9 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.7 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 9.4 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 9.5 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 9.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 8.4 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 7.2 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 6.6 m.
 

Colony of ascidians, Sycozoa cerebriformis. 6.8 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Ceratosoma amoena. 6 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 6.2 m.
 

Blackthroat three-fin, Enneapterygius atrogulare. 5.9 m.