Dive Details

Location

Date

21 October, 2012

Time

8:11am - 9:14am

Details

Third dive with Feet First Dive as part of the St George Underwater Centre Dive Club Nelson Bay trip in October 2012.

We were not expecting to be seeing any grey nurse sharks on this dive but ended up seeing at least 2, including a large male. There were also 50+ Port Jackson sharks, wobbegongs and various rays.

Buddy

Marc Werner

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-15

Duration

63 minutes

Maximum depth

11.7 m

Average depth

8.3 m

Water temperature

18.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Newcastle AEDT

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

High

1:42am

1.31m

Low

7:15am

0.57m

High

1:48pm

1.72m

Low

8:42pm

0.37m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

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

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

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.

Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 6.4 m.
 

Stingaree. 9.2 m.
 

Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 11.1 m.
 

Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 11 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 11.6 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 11.3 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 10.5 m.
 

Stingaree. 9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 8.9 m.
 

Dusky flathead, Platycephalus fuscus. 7.1 m.