Dive Details

Location

Date

23 June, 2012

Time

9:35am - 10:35am

Details

First proper dive with the new dry suit. This time I wore 16kg and was just about right until the tank was nearly empty.

I headed out into the middle of the bay and looked around the seagrass beds. I then headed to the eastern shore and went north, turned and exited at the beach.

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

6.5 m

Average depth

4.8 m

Water temperature

14.9°C

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST

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

Low

4:43am

0.40m

High

10:45am

1.35m

Low

4:21pm

0.58m

High

10:45pm

1.74m

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 grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi. 4.8 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 4.7 m.
 

Juvenile Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 5.3 m.
 

Juvenile Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 5.3 m.