Dive Details
Location
Date
Saturday 13 June 2015
Time
10:38am - 11:39am
Details
The second dive of the day and my second dive at Henry Head in a week after an absence of nearly 18 months. We swam down the anchor line and after securing it headed to the sand line. We encountered a weedy seadragon only a few metres from the anchor.
We headed off in search of seahorses and Sheree pointed out two red indianfish before we even got to Seahorse Rock. There were no seahorses on Seahorse Rock or the surrounding rocks so we followed the sand line to deeper water and around the corner. Along the way we saw multiple weedy seadragons (including a male with some eggs), lots of basket stars and a couple more red indianfish.
At just over half tank we turned and went back the way we'd come. As we got to the anchor line, Linda, Joe and Dan were just making their way down. We did our safety stop and went back to the boat.
Buddy
Sheree Rose
Seas
Slight
Visibility
10 metres
Duration
61 minutes
Maximum depth
20.5 m
Average depth
13.8 m
Water temperature
17.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
5:15am
1.49m
Low
11:17am
0.43m
High
5:49pm
1.79m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D7000
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR +5 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6801.70
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50
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.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 12 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 12.3 m.
Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 12.2 m.
Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 14 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 15.9 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 16.8 m.
Male weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, with eggs. 17.9 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 17.8 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 17.2 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 17.9 m.
Weedy seadragons, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 19.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 19.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 19.4 m.
Basket stars, Astrosierra amblyconus. 19 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 18.7 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 19.3 m.
Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 19.6 m.
Juvenile weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 20.3 m.
Juvenile weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 20.5 m.
Sea star, Asterodiscides truncatus. 19.3 m.
Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 20 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 19.4 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 19.2 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 13.9 m.
Roughy, Trachichthys australis. 11.2 m.
ATJ. 5.6 m.