Dive Details |
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Location |
The Monument, Kurnell, NSW |
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Date |
26 April, 2013 |
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Time |
8:35am - 9:50am |
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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. |
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Buddy |
Graeme Heard |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
5-10 metres |
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Duration |
75 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
12.5 m |
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Average depth |
9.9 m |
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Water temperature |
19.1°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Botany Bay AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
2:23am |
0.28m |
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High |
8:25am |
1.58m |
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Low |
2:19pm |
0.34m |
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High |
8:45pm |
1.93m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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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.
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Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 11 m.
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Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.7 m.
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Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Fernando"). 11 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.3 m.
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Nudibranchs, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.7 m.
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Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus. 8.8 m.
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Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 7.9 m.
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Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Trevor"). 9.9 m.
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Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 10.6 m.
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Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Honey"). 10.4 m.
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Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Honey"). 10.8 m.
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Sea star, Petricia vernicina. 11.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11.8 m.
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Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.8 m.
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Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11.2 m.
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