Dive Details

Location

Date

12 January, 2014

Time

11:09am - 12:13pm

Details

We entered from the western corner of the island and descended over the rocks. We then headed south towards Deep Wall. We swam straight to the north western end of Deep Wall to find the seahorses. Thomas pointed out the black, red, and white female and then the small brown male. I spotted the larger brown male that I'd seen the previous day and then Tomas pointed out the yellow female, which Kim had spotted on the previous day.

After finding the seahorses, we headed north west around the reef and out over the low reef off from the wall, following it around the corner to the north. We then headed north out over the sand and kept on swimming until we hit the reef on the edge of the mainland. We turned east and followed the reef towards the bridge, exiting opposite the ramp.

Buddy

Tomas

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

17.0 m

Average depth

12.2 m

Water temperature

19.3°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

6:36am

1.58m

Low

1:24pm

0.54m

High

7:09pm

1.20m

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.

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 15.2 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 15.5 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 16 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 15.8 m.
 

Umbrella slug, Umbraculum umbraculum. 15.4 m.
 

Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 15.1 m.