Dive Details

Location

Date

24 November, 2013

Time

10:06am - 11:31am

Details

The southerly wind was having a greater impact on the conditions at Bare Island than the easterly swell. This made it difficult to get in on the eastern side of the island as we had planned so instead we got in on the eastern side of the bridge on the mainland side. It was quite protected here and the entry was easy.

We descended and followed the rock reef around to the south looking for the anglers we'd seen previously. The visibility was not great but OK considering the surface conditions. There was also a bit of surge. John suggested I look around a certain area, although I wasn't sure what I was looking for. Nevertheless, I found an undescribed angler. We continued on and Karolyn pointed out another undescribed angler.

I was hoping to find the spot where Nick had previously shown us pygmy pipehorses but I was a little disoriented coming from the wrong direction and with the poor visibility. We continued on to the swimthroughs and I was hoping to find the two anglers we'd seen there previously but they have moved on.

Past the swimthroughs we turned around and headed back. I was much more comfortable heading north as it was a lot more familiar. I was able to find the orange form undescribed angler that Nick had shown us two weeks earlier, although it had moved to another rock.

As we moved north I was looking out for the rock Nick had shown us with the pygmy pipehorses. Eventually I found it and a quick look revealed the same white pygmy pipehorse we'd seen before. It was a bit difficult to photograph because of the surge and there was a lot of particulate matter floating around but I was happy to not only find the rock again but find the pygmy pipehorse on it. I couldn't find the second one.

We continued north and I exited at the entry point.

Buddy

Karolyn Landat

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

85 minutes

Maximum depth

9.9 m

Average depth

8.6 m

Water temperature

16.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

1:23am

1.21m

Low

6:55am

0.68m

High

1:15pm

1.15m

Low

8:05pm

0.51m

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.

Stingaree. 8.9 m.
 

Undescribed angler. 7.2 m.
 

Undescribed angler. 8.6 m.
 

Undescribed angler. 9 m.
 

Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 8.6 m.
 

Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 8.7 m.
 

Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 8.6 m.
 

Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 8.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Jorunna sp. 9.2 m.