Dive at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW on 15/3/13

Dive at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW on 15/3/13 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

15 March, 2013

Time

7:27pm - 8:35pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

According to Bureau of Meteorology, the seas were only going to be around half a metre with light south-easterly winds, perfect for Camp Cove. Unfortunately, there was quite a bit more swell and it was very surgy. Visibility was pretty poor and there was a lot of sand in the water.

We headed out form the beach and I lost Wes and Paul almost immediately. I kept on regardless but the surge and poor viz did not make it good. I saw a few calamari squid and a frog fish but not much else. After about 30 minutes I was ready to bail and headed back to the beach. The visibility improved somewhat closer to the beach but I had lost interest by then. After removing my fins and mask and starting to exit the water, I noticed Wes and Paul's lights out in the water and thought I'd give it another go and went to find them. I didn't find them but the second half of the dive was much better, finding a number of cuttlefish, an octopus and even a blue-lined octopus. Despite the poor conditions it was still a pretty good dive.

Buddy

Wes Harris and Paul

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

2-4 metres

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

4.2 m

Average depth

2.8 m

Water temperature

22.1°C

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison)

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

Low

5:30am

0.52m

High

11:34am

1.46m

Low

5:30pm

0.47m

High

11:51pm

1.62m

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.