Dive Details

Location

Date

08 September, 2012

Time

1:31pm - 2:32pm

Details

Entered through the "pool" and went straight down the wall. Followed the wall up to the shallows and returned. Saw 3 pineapplefish in one crevice as well as lionfish, octopus and nudibranchs.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

61 minutes

Maximum depth

14.1 m

Average depth

9.5 m

Water temperature

14.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

12:54am

1.14m

Low

6:46am

0.64m

High

1:26pm

1.42m

Low

8:13pm

0.66m

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.

Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 12.5 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 12.9 m.
 

Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 12.7 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.3 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 7.6 m.
 

Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 7.4 m.
 

Hermit crab. 10.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 9.2 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 4.4 m.