Dive Details |
|
Location |
The Leap, Kurnell, NSW |
|
|
|
Date |
7 June 2014 |
|
Time |
11:31am - 12:41pm |
|
Details |
The forecast was for quite a big southerly swell but The Leap didn't look too bad today. It probably wasn't wise to jump in from the low ledge but I could slide down the rocks with the swell, which I did. I descended and swam to the sand line at the usual 60° and arrived at the amphitheatre.
I immediately headed towards The Steps and found ther rock that "Lucy" and "Bob", the pot-bellied seahorses, were on last week. They were there again today and this time they were together. Hopefully, "Lucy" had been impregnating "Bob" and we'll have some more offspring.
I continued on towards The Steps, finding a weedy seadragon along the way. Behind Seahorse Rock I found "Alex", the painted angler, and then "Rosie" on her usual rock. I wonder if another male will appear soon.
I continued on and found "Southern Cross", "Richie" and "Pierre" on their usual rock, although this time they were all down The Leap end of the rock.
I swam on and checked out the pineapplefish, finding all 4 as usual.
I swam slowly along the sand line looking for pygmy pipehorses and anglers but found none. I checked out the hollow where Sheree had found the pygmy pipehorses in March but there were none there. I visited the basket star and then looked at the other pygmy pipehorse location, where Di had pointed them out, but it appears they have moved on as well.
I checked out the sponge covered boulders all the way to The Steps in the hope of finding some anglers, but found none.
I did my safety stop near the Plesiastrea colonies, as usual, and exited at The Steps.
|
|
Seas |
Surgy |
|
Visibility |
10-12 metres |
|
Duration |
70 minutes |
|
Maximum depth |
21.2 m |
|
Average depth |
13.8 m |
|
Water temperature |
19.1°C |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
 |
Tides at Botany Bay AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
|
High |
2:44am |
1.41m |
|
Low |
9:15am |
0.58m |
|
High |
3:45pm |
1.44m |
|
Low |
9:51pm |
0.77m |
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.
|
|
Female and male pot-bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lucy" and "Bob"). 20.3 m.
|
|
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lucy"). 20.5 m.
|
|
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 20.4 m.
|
|
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lucy"). 20.5 m.
|
|
Female and male pot-bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lucy" and "Bob"). 20.6 m.
|
|
Pygmy leatherjacket. Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 21 m.
|
|
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 20.8 m.
|
|
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 20.9 m.
|
|
Painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Alex"). 19.7 m.
|
|
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Rosie"). 19.2 m.
|
|
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 18.9 m.
|
|
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Southern Cross"). 17.5 m.
|
|
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Richie"). 17.7 m.
|
|
Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis. 17.8 m.
|
|
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Pierre"). 17.8 m.
|
|
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Southern Cross"). 17.6 m.
|
|
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 18 m.
|
|
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 14.3 m.
|
|
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 13.1 m.
|
|
