Dive Details |
|
Location |
The Steps, Kurnell, NSW |
|
|
|
Date |
26 October, 2013 |
|
Time |
11:58am - 1:23pm |
|
Details |
My aim on this dive was to find anglers. First, I had to find "Big John" who had moved from the rock we'd seen it previously. Second, I wanted to find some new anglers.
I entered at The Steps and headed straight to the sand line. I swam along the sand line towards The Leap until I got to tiny orange painted angler, "Little Andrew". This angler was on the rock next to where the yellow form of the undescribed angler, "Big John", had been seen previously. I checked this rock thoroughly again but could not find the angler. I then started checking adjacent rocks. I hadn't got far when I discovered what I believe is "Big John" on a rock higher up from the sand line and diagonally opposite "Little Andrew".
The first part of my mission accomplished I started looking for new anglers. Rather than swimming along the sand line as we usually do, I headed up and looked over all the sponge covered rocks in from the sand line. I gradually moved towards The Leap going from rock to rock. After less than 30 minutes of searching I managed to find a tiny painted angler on a small sponge in a fairly barren space. I named this angler "Robin". I then swam down to the sand line so I could work out exactly where it was and I'd be able to find it again. Once I was confident I'd be able to locate it, I stayed on the sand line and headed towards The Leap.
On my way towards The Leap, I passed the Miamira magnifica nudibranch at its usual location as well as the basket star. The visibility was getting worse the further I went so when I arrived at the large sponge covered rock I again headed up from the sand line and investigated more of the higher sponge covered rocks along the way back to The Steps.
I eventually made my way back to the painted angler, "Robin" and then from here headed back to the sand line to cover the ground I'd missed on my way out. I followed the sand line back to "Little Andrew" and "Big John" and then headed to the shallows for a safety stop next to the colonies of stony coral, Plesiastrea versipora. I exited at The Steps. |
|
Seas |
Slight |
|
Visibility |
5-8 metres |
|
Duration |
85 minutes |
|
Maximum depth |
14.9 m |
|
Average depth |
11.0 m |
|
Water temperature |
17.9°C |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
 |
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
|
High |
1:58am |
1.15m |
|
Low |
7:31am |
0.70m |
|
High |
1:59pm |
1.44m |
|
Low |
8:53pm |
0.57m |
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.
|
|
Nudibranch, Chromodoris hunterae. 10.6 m.
|
|
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew"). 12.7 m.
|
|
Undescribed angler ("Big John").11.6 m.
|
|
Undescribed angler ("Big John").11.5 m.
|
|
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.8 m.
|
|
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Robin"). 11.7 m.
|
|
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 13.7 m.
|
|
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 12.6 m.
|
|
Mosaic leatherjacket, Eubalichthys mosaicus. 14.5 m.
|
|
Mosaic leatherjacket, Eubalichthys mosaicus. 14.5 m.
|
|
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 13.6 m.
|
|
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Robin"). 11.8 m.
|
|
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew"). 12.8 m.
|
|
Undescribed angler ("Big John").11.5 m.
|
|
Undescribed angler ("Big John").11.2 m.
|
|
Undescribed angler ("Big John").11.8 m.
|
|
Stony coral, Plesiastrea versipora. 5.9 m.
|
|
