Dive Details

Location

Date

25 February, 2011

Time

8:01pm - 8:54pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered south of the pool and headed north-east along the reef out to the second reef. I ended up on my own off the second reef and made my way back along the reef alone. I exited at the entry point.

Buddy

George Borovskis

Seas

Wind chop and some surge

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

52 minutes

Maximum depth

8.9 m

Average depth

6.3 m

Water temperature

23.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay

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

High

2:42am

1.59m

Low

9:31am

0.51m

High

3:21pm

1.16m

Low

9:03pm

0.62m

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.

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.1 m.
 

Blue dragon nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 7.9 m.
 

Bubble shell, Hydatina physis. 8.4 m.
 

Brittle star. 8 m.
 

Blue dragon nudibranchs, Pteraeolidia ianthina, with eggs. 8 m.
 

Red rockcod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 7.8 m.
 

Goatfish, Upeneichthys sp. 6.9 m.
 

Hermit crab. 6.8 m.
 

Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 8 m.
 

Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 8.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 7.6 m.
 

Anemone. 7.6 m.
 

Anemone. 7.5 m.