Dive at The Leap, Kurnell, NSW on 8/12/12

Dive at The Leap, Kurnell, NSW on 8/12/12 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

08 December, 2012

Time

11:40am - 12:44pm

Details

Entered at The Leap and went straight down to the sand line. Followed the sand line north towards Seahorse Rock looking for the grey angler along the way. Didn't find the angler but did find a bright red cowrie in a soft coral.

Did a quick look on Seahorse Rock for seahorses but didn't find any. Sought out the low rock nearby where "Rosie" and "Bob" were seen last week. I found the rock, but couldn't see the seahorses. Showed the rock to Sheree and she immediately found both seahorses.

Headed towards "Sothern Cross" and Sheree pointed out a basket star on the way. Sheree also found "Southern Cross" and two males. After "Sothern Cross", Sheree pointed out a prowfish (or related species) but it took off when I approached it so I didn't get a good look at it.

Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

8-10 metres

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

20.9 m

Average depth

16.0 m

Water temperature

17.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

4:15am

1.40m

Low

10:17am

0.62m

High

4:18pm

1.38m

Low

10:40pm

0.41m

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.