Dive Details

Location

Date

03 March, 2012

Time

11:32am - 12:38pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

After waiting on the surface for over 30 minutes for Adam (previous dive), we headed to the drop off and along the wall. The wall provided us with a great many gems. After the wall we headed south and exited near the beach.

Buddy

George Borovskis

Seas

Slight

Visibility

2-3 metres

Duration

66 minutes

Maximum depth

10.7 m

Average depth

7.6 m

Water temperature

19.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

4:53am

1.45m

Low

11:47am

0.61m

High

5:44pm

1.14m

Low

11:18pm

0.67m

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.

Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 7.8 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8.6 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Aphelodoris varia. 7.5 m.
 

Sea star. 7.5 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Jorunna sp. 9.2 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 9.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Polycera capensis. 8.9 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 8.2 m.