Dive at Shiprock, Port Hacking, NSW on 5/4/12 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

05 April, 2012

Time

7:41pm - 8:46pm

Details

This was my first dive at Shiprock since it opened after the upgrade. The walk down and back is so pedestrian now. Even getting in and out of the water is easier.

Entered the water at the steps on the outside of Ship Rock and descended down the wall as normal. Spent some time out amongst the bommies before coming back to the wall. Came back along the wall at around 10m and exited at the steps.

Buddy

Graeme Heard

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

16.8 m

Average depth

11.8 m

Water temperature

21.2°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

12:35am

0.39m

High

6:45am

1.71m

Low

1:04pm

0.27m

High

7:18pm

1.69m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

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.


Southern peacock sole, Pardachirus hedleyi. 15.6 m.
 

Hermit crab. 15.1 m.
 

Eye of a red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 13.7 m.
 

White-speckled moray, Gymnothorax eurostus. 13.3 m.
 

White-speckled moray, Gymnothorax eurostus. 13.4 m.
 

Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 13.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.7 m.
 

Pleurobranch, Pleurobranchus peroni. 13.4 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 12.6 m.
 

Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 12.8 m.
 

Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 12.7 m.
 

Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 12.6 m.
 

Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 12.6 m.
 

Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 12.7 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 12.4 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 12.5 m.
 

Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 11.7 m.
 

Spider crab. 10.8 m.
 

Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 6.6 m.