Dive Details |
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Location |
Shiprock, Port Hacking, NSW |
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Date |
31 December, 2012 |
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Time |
10:39am - 11:58am |
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Details |
Entered at the pool and went straight down the wall. Swam around the bommies and them back to the wall. Continued up to the shallows and then returned between 8 and 10 metres. Spent the end of the dive in the shallows just below the pool, exiting at the pool. |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
5+ metres |
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Duration |
79 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
16.7 m |
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Average depth |
11.0 m |
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Water temperature |
20.3°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Botany Bay AEDT |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
4:25am |
0.49m |
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High |
10:53am |
1.74m |
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Low |
5:29pm |
0.34m |
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High |
11:29pm |
1.32m |
Video |
Video captured with GoPro HD Hero with BlurFix and URPro CY filter
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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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.
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Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 15.1 m. |

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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 14.5 m. |

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Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 15.4 m. |

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Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 14.7 m. |

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Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 14.2 m. |

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Mosaic leatherjacket, Eubalichthys mosaicus. 13.4 m. |

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Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 12.4 m. |

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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.9 m. |

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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.6 m. |

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Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 11.6 m. |

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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.4 m. |

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Eye of a Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.6 m. |

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Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 8.6 m. |

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Red seaperch, Pseudanthias cooperi. 7.5 m. |
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