Dive at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW on Wednesday 29 April 2015

Dive Details

Location

Date

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Time

12:36pm - 2:12pm

Details

The bay was still quite dirty but was so much better than Saturday. It was overcast which made it look worse plus there was a moderate southerly swell hitting the island.

We got in on the northern side of the island just to the east of the pool. The visibility in the surface layer was less than a metre but better than Saturday. We descended to the sand were the visibility was probably 4 metres, again better than Saturday.

We followed the reef west, past the outboard motor and up over the shelf continuing to the slope. We went down the slope looking for pygmy pipehorses. Kim found a juvenile on one of the rocks with the pink sea tulips. It was difficult to photograph due to its size, the surge and it kept moving.

We continued further down the slope and I found a juvenile pygmy in the same area I found one on Sunday 19th. Perhaps it is the same one.

The visibility and surge got worse as we headed further down the slope. Kim found a tiny fish that looks like it could be a very small juvenile pygmy pipehorse. It is so small it is difficult to tell what it is.

We turned and headed back up the slope. I stopped at the juvenile pygmy I'd seen on the way down to get more photographs.

At the top of the slope we followed the boulders to the outboard motor and then along the sand. Kim found a tiny nudibranch on a piece of kelp. It was only 2-4 mm long and you can see the tip of her glove in one of the photos below.

We exited on the northern side of the island between the pool and the ramp.

Buddy

Kim Dinh, Ben Lumen

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

2 to 4 metres

Duration

95 minutes

Maximum depth

12.0 m

Average depth

8.9 m

Water temperature

18.5°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

4:51am

1.46m

Low

11:15am

0.57m

High

5:39pm

1.44m

Low

11:40pm

0.68m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.