Dive Details

Location

Date

23 October, 2010

Time

10:50am - 11:43am

Details

Entered at The Monument and swam south east, towards the steps, with a very stong current from the outgoing tide. Turned at around 130 bar to allow for swimming against the current on the way back. Exited at the entry point.

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

52 minutes

Maximum depth

12.3 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

16.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

Low

2:43am

0.39m

High

9:04am

1.65m

Low

3:27pm

0.36m

High

9:24pm

1.39m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 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.

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 10.9 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.7 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.6 m.
 

Sea star. 11 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 11 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11 m.
 

Ascidian colony. 11.6 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 8.9 m.