Dive Details

Location

Date

02 January, 2014

Time

8:28am - 9:42am

Details

Conditions looked fantastic when we arrived at Bare Island. There was hardly a ripple on the water and the tide was very high, so high, we had to walk through water to get to the entry point.

We jumped in just to the south of the pole and while the surface water was warm, it was not very clear. As we descended, we were hit with very cool water but fortunately it was clear - around 10 metres.

We moved slowly north along the sand line looking very carefully for pygmy pipehorses, but unfortunately, we didn't find any. When we got near the swimthrough we found an undescribed angler in the roof of the main crevice. I'm sure this is the same angler we've seen multiple times in that area since November 2013.

Passed the swimthrough we looked for the orange form undescribed angler we have seen regularly but could not find it. We did find the pale undescribed angler high up in the sponges on the wall.

We swam under the bridge and exited near the ramp.

Buddy

Peter Jaques, Graeme Heard

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10 metres

Duration

73 minutes

Maximum depth

11.8 m

Average depth

9.2 m

Water temperature

17.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

3:04am

0.29m

High

9:37am

2.04m

Low

4:17pm

0.08m

High

10:15pm

1.49m

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.

Sea anemone, Phlyctenanthus australis. 11.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 11.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 10.5 m.
 

Undescribed angler. 9.7 m.
 

Notaspid, Tylodina corticalis. 10.6 m.
 

Undescribed angler. 8.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 10 m.