Dive Details

Location

Date

11 May, 2013

Time

2:06pm - 3:08pm

Details

Jumped in and headed down the anchor line. Headed west along the reef just up from the sand line looking around the boulders. We found two eastern blue devils together. Turned at around half tank and headed back towards the boat.

Buddy

Daniela Stark

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15 metrres

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

19.7 m

Average depth

15.1 m

Water temperature

18.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides at Port Kembla AEST

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

Low

3:11am

0.38m

High

9:06am

1.29m

Low

2:39pm

0.54m

High

9:08pm

1.72m

Video

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.

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 17.7 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 18.7 m.
 

Eastern blue devils, Paraplesiops bleekeri. -7.8 m.
 

Eastern blue devils, Paraplesiops bleekeri. 17.8 m.
 

Roughy, Trachichthys australis. 14.3 m.
 

Roughy, Trachichthys australis. 14.3 m.
 

Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri. 18 m.
 

Long-snout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris. 17.3 m.
 

Corallimorphs, 7.5 m.