Dive Details

Location

Date

01 October, 2011

Time

8:18am - 9:07am

Details

Entered the water on the western side of the island and swam through the gap to the eastern side. Headed south through the boulders then returned through the gap.

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

48 minutes

Maximum depth

15.0 m

Average depth

10.2 m

Water temperature

18.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Yamba AEST

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

Low

4:15am

0.16m

High

10:57am

1.63m

Low

5:26pm

0.24m

High

11:07pm

1.18m

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.

Sabellid worm. 10 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 10.1 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Risbecia godeffroyana. 12.4 m.
 

Red morwong, Cheilodactylus fuscus. 14 m.
 

Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 14.7 m.
 

Sea fan. 12.4 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 10 m.
 

Sea star, Ophidiaster confertus. 8.3 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus. 6.1 m.