Dive Details |
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Location |
The Steps, Kurnell, NSW |
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Date |
Sunday 14 June 2015 |
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Time |
9:58am - 11:18am |
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Details |
I jumped in at The Steps and swam against the outgoing tide to The Monument and back. The current was quite strong and I stuck to the sand line for most of the way. The visibility was between 5 and 10 metres most of the way although it might have been a bit less than 5 metres at The Monument when I turned around.
I encountered 4 weedy seadragons on the way to The Monument. Three I had seen before and one I don't believe I have seen previously.
At The Monument I tried to find "Rosie" on the rock she'd moved to but I could not. I searched around the area and still could not find her.
Once I turned I was able to ride the outgoing tide back to The Steps. I saw three of the weedy seadragons on the way back. I did my safety stop in front of the exit and then exited at The Steps. |
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Seas |
Surgy |
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Visibility |
5 to 10 metres |
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Duration |
80 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
11.8 m |
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Average depth |
9.7 m |
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Water temperature |
16.0°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Botany Bay AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
12:20am |
0.45m |
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High |
6:14am |
1.48m |
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Low |
12:07pm |
0.43m |
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High |
6:40pm |
1.87m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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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.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.7 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.6 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.8 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.1 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.7 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.3 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.2 m.
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Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11 m.
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