Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 26/4/13 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

26 April, 2013

Time

8:35am - 9:50am

Details

Entered the water from the little bay around the corner from The Monument and headed in a northerly direction to the sponge covered rocks. My mask did not fog up this time so the toothpaste had done its job.

At split rock I looked for seahorses but only found "Fernando". It is some time since I have seen "Lisa" and even longer since I have seen "Kimi".

We moved slowly towards The Steps checking all the sponges for seahorses. We came across a couple of moorish idols. I'm not sure if they were same same two from yesterday

I found "Trevor" in the same location as yesterday and then went looking for "Honey". This time I found her, and quite quickly, too. The hole on her side seems to be healing well.

We headed back to The Monument, still looking for seahorses but found no more. I exited at the entry point, the others climbed up the rocks.

Another fantastic dive at Kurnell.

Buddy

Graeme Heard

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

75 minutes

Maximum depth

12.5 m

Average depth

9.9 m

Water temperature

19.1°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

2:23am

0.28m

High

8:25am

1.58m

Low

2:19pm

0.34m

High

8:45pm

1.93m

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.

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 11 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.7 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Fernando"). 11 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.7 m.
 

Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus. 8.8 m.
 

Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 7.9 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Trevor"). 9.9 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 10.6 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Honey"). 10.4 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Honey"). 10.8 m.
 

Sea star, Petricia vernicina. 11.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11.2 m.