Dive at The Leap, Kurnell, NSW on Sunday 30 November 2014

Dive Details

Location

Date

Sunday 30 November 2014

Time

10:29am - 11:44am

Details

The Leap looked choppy today, even though the swell was meant to be less. I didn't want to use the low platform as waves were washing over it so I slid down the rocks next to the platform. I then descended straight in front of the entry point as I wanted to go straight to the amphitheatre. I swam at 60° but somehow managed to end up at the wall and am not sure how that happened. Visibility at the wall was around 10 metres.

I swam along the wall towards The Steps and again spent some time looking for pygmy pipehorses on the low rocks. I found both the white and pink pygmy pipehorses in their usual spots. I also looked for the angler which appears to have moved on.

I continued on to Seahorse Rock and found "Rosie" on her usual rock. She was back on top of the rock after being on the side for the last week or so.

I swam on to the other seahorses and found "Southern Cross" immediately. As it often happens, it took me some time to find "Pierre", but I eventually found him. I left the seahorses with a bit more air than I have on the last couple of dives.

I had a good look in Seadragon Alley but only managed to find the one weedy seadragon. It was once I have seen twice before with the first time being on 8 November.

I moved up from the sand line to the top of the reef and swam along their until close to the exit. I ascended to 5 metres over the boulders and did my safety stop as I swam the last 20 metres or so to the exit. I exited at The Steps.

Seas

Choppy and surgy

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

74 minutes

Maximum depth

21.3 m

Average depth

15.6 m

Water temperature

17.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

3:35am

1.40m

Low

9:25am

0.58m

High

3:39pm

1.53m

Low

10:15pm

0.36m

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.