Dive Details |
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Location |
The Monument, Kurnell, NSW |
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Date |
12 September, 2009 |
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Time |
11:29am - 12:26pm |
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Details |
Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.
Entered at The Monument, descended to the sand line and headed south towards The Steps. At 100 bar we turned and exited at the entry point.
On this dive I had my D70 with me. It is so much less enjoyable to use than the D300. |
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Buddy |
George |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
3-5 metres |
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Duration |
57 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
13.4 m |
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Average depth |
10.5 m |
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Water temperature |
14.5°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Botany Bay AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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High |
1:15am |
1.13m |
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Low |
6:58am |
0.59m |
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High |
1:44pm |
1.55m |
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Low |
8:45pm |
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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Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
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Weedy seadragon |
Large |
5 |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Heterodontidae |
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Heterodontus portusjacksoni |
Port Jackson Shark |
Large |
1 |
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Cephalopods |
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Octopodidae |
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Octopus tetricus |
Common Sydney Octopus |
Large |
1 |
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Gastropods |
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Dorididae |
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Aphelodoris varia
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Nudibranch |
Large |
1 |
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Chromodorididae |
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Ceratosoma amoena |
Nudibranch |
Medium |
Few |
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Glossodoris atromarginata |
Nudiibranch |
Large |
Few |
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Hypselodoris bennetti |
Nudibranch |
Medium |
Many |
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Dorididae |
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Neodoris chrysoderma |
Nudibranch |
Large |
Many |
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 |
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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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Jorunna sp. 11.3 m.
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.6 m.
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Dendrophylliid coral. 11.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.9 m
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Dendrophylliid coral. 11.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.9 m.
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Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennettii. 11.9 m.
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.4 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.6 m.
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Sponge. 7.7 m.
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