Dive Details |
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Location |
Seahorse Gardens, Nelson Bay, NSW |
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Date |
Saturday 9 April 2016 |
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Time |
7:32am - 8:46am |
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Details |
I got in the water from the beach up near the rocks and swam out while gradually descending. At around 10 metres I hit current and drifted with it along the reef towards the marina. I then worked my way shallower and came back. I zig-zagged across the reef, ascending a bit each time, until I hit around 6 metres. I did my saftey stop and surfaced on the point. |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
3 to 5 metres |
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Duration |
74 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
13.8 m |
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Average depth |
8.7 m |
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Water temperature |
20.4°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Port Stephens AEST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
3:36am |
0.15m |
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High |
9:48am |
1.68m |
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Low |
3:45pm |
0.22m |
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High |
10:10pm |
1.90m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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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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Nudibranch, Polycera capensis. 11 m.
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Juvenile Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 13.6 m.
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Decorator crab, Hyastenus elatus. 13.1 m.
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Nudibranch, Cratena lineata. 12.6 m.
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Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.7 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 9.6 m.
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Juvenile spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 10.5 m.
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Juvenile dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris, and juvenile Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 9.4 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 6.9 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
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Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
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Juvenile thread-fin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 5.9 m.
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