Dive Details

Location

Date

15 November, 2013

Time

8:04pm - 9:28pm

Details

Entered at the ramp on the right of the bridge and headed west along the reef. Mostly stayed out on the sand. Headed towards the north-west reef. Turned at 100 bar and came back on the sand at the edge of the reef. Exited at the ramp.

Buddy

Daniela Stark, Dominik Fretz

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

84 minutes

Maximum depth

11.8 m

Average depth

8.0 m

Water temperature

18.9°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

1:41am

0.38m

High

8:06am

1.70m

Low

2:35pm

0.36m

High

8:30pm

1.39m

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.

Octopus, Octopus sp. 8.5 m.
 

Octopus, Octopus sp. 8.6 m.
 

Flathead, Platycephalus sp. 8.8 m.
 

Hammer octopus, Octopus australis. 8.8 m.
 

Hammer octopus, Octopus australis. 9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Onchidoris sp. 11.7 m.
 

Tiny luminous bay squid, Loliolus noctiluca. 11.6 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 11.6 m.
 

Prawn, Melicertus sp. 9 m.
 

Hammer octopus, Octopus australis. 8.8 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 7.9 m.
 

Red-lined bubble snail, Bullina lineata. 7.9 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., possibly a juvenile giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 8.1 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., possibly a juvenile giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 8.1 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., possibly a juvenile giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 8.1 m.