Dive at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW on 23/12/13

Dive Details

Location

Date

23 December, 2013

Time

11:06am - 12:22pm

Details

This was a more relaxed dive a long the deep wall on the south west of the island around to the north of the island.

We jumped near the south east corner, swam to the sand line and headed north west along the wall. We made sure we stayed close to the wall this time and also kept an eye on the compass. Part way along the wall, John found a tiny red-line bubble shell and a Hypsledoris obscura nudibranch and then I found a yellow painted angler nearby. That was my 7th painted angler of the year (and ever) and first one at Bare Island.

We made quick progress and were already on the up "ramp" on the north east of the island when we hit 100 bar. We also saw a huge ray there.

With so much air left, we headed back down the ramp and looked around the reef on the corner.

We came back up the ramp, swum around the northern side of the island to the cutaway in the rock where we exited.

Buddy

John Keogh

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

76 minutes

Maximum depth

18.8 m

Average depth

12.4 m

Water temperature

18.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

12:48pm

1.28m

Low

6:28am

0.63m

High

12:42pm

1.55m

Low

7:21pm

0.45m

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.