Dive Details

Location

Date

09 February, 2013

Time

10:18am - 11:30am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered on the northern side of the island, near to the north west tip. Descended to the sand line and then headed west along the reef and up over the rock platform near the anchor. Veered to the north west and down the ramp. Headed around the corner but two of the group were already down to 100 bar so Gareth took everyone back. I stayed in the area around Seahorse Rock looking for pygmy pipehorses but didn't find any. Exited at the "boat ramp".

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3-6 metres

Duration

72 minutes

Maximum depth

14.4 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

15.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

1:49am

0.34m

High

8:20am

1.90m

Low

2:59pm

0.18m

High

8:56pm

1.47m

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.

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 5.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 12.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 12.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 12.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 13.1 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 5 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.9 m.