Dive Details |
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Location |
Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens, NSW, |
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Date |
15 March, 2009 |
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Time |
10:13am - 11:14am |
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Details |
Entered the water on the outside of the pool net. Headed South-east along the net and followed it aorund to the south-west to the end and back. |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
3 metres |
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Duration |
60 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
3.8 m |
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Average depth |
2.9 m |
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Water temperature |
21.9°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 |
6:12am |
0.44m |
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High |
12:07pm |
1.34m |
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Low |
5:53pm |
0.52m |
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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Hippocampus whitei |
White's Seahorse |
Large |
Many |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Chaetodon flavirostris
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Dusky Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Heniochus diphreutes
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Schooling Bannerfish |
Small |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D +4 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50 |
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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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Ascidians. 3.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 2.8 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 3.2 m.
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Sponge. 2.8 m.
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Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 3.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 3.4 m.
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Sponge. 3.1 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.2 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.3 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.3 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.4 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.4 m.
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