Dive Details |
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Location |
Fly Point, Nelson Bay, NSW |
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Date |
Saturday 9 April 2016 |
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Time |
9:28am - 11:25am |
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Details |
I got in at the steps and headed straight out. I followed the reef down to around 10 metres. The tide was still coming in so there was a bit of current so I drifted with it along the reef. I then swam against the current back across the reef. I gradually made my way shallower.
Near the end of the dive I spotted a pygmy yellow-tail angelfish under some rocks in around 5 metres of water. I have been wanting to find one since my collecting days and it was thrilling to finally see one in the wild. I spent the rest of the dive trying to get a decent photograph. I exited at the steps. |
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Slight |
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Visibility |
5 to 10 metres |
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Duration |
116 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
13.7 m |
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Average depth |
7.0 m |
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Water temperature |
20.0°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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Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 9.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Goniobranchus sp. 6.4 m.
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Juvenile mimic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus. 6.4 m.
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Juvenile mimic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus. 6.4 m.
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Juvenile mimic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus. 6.5 m.
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Juvenile mimic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus. 6.2 m.
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Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops truncatus. 7.7 m.
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Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.3 m.
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Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.3 m.
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Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.3 m.
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Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 7.4 m.
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Juvenile thread-fin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 6.2 m.
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Male Sydney cardinalfish, Apogon limenus, with eggs in his mouth. 6.1 m.
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Male Sydney cardinalfish, Apogon limenus, with eggs in his mouth. 6.1 m.
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Male Sydney cardinalfish, Apogon limenus, with eggs in his mouth. 6.2 m.
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Juvenile fairy basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 6.5 m.
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Juvenile fairy basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 6.7 m.
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Juvenile thread-fin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 6.2 m.
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Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.1 m.
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Juvenile yellow wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus. 7 m.
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Juvenile yellow wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus. 6.9 m.
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Pygmy yellow-tail angelfish, Centropyge flavicauda. 5.8 m.
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