Dive at Magic Point, Maroubra, NSW on 14/7/12

Dive at Magic Point, Maroubra, NSW on 14/7/12 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

14 July, 2012

Time

9:57am - 10:42am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre on board Aquatic Explorers boat.

Swam down the anchor line and then south to the wall, passing two interacting giant cuttlefish on the way. Headed west alomng the wall to the main shark cave. There were 6-7 grey nurse sharks patrolling the edge of the cave and we sat and watched them for 20-25 minutes. We headed back to the anchor line, passing the giant cuttlefish again and headed back up the line.

Buddy

Marc Werner

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15 metres

Duration

44 minutes

Maximum depth

21.9 m

Average depth

14.1 m

Water temperature

16.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

4:30am

1.17m

Low

10:13am

0.63m

High

4:59pm

1.56m

Low

11:49pm

0.63m

Video

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51

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.