Dive Details |
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Location |
Pipeline, Nelson Bay, NSW |
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Date |
Sunday 10 April 2016 |
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Time |
10:41am - 12:25pm |
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Details |
Sam and I got in at the steps and swam out onto the sand. As this was my first dive at The Pipeline, I didn't actually know where the pipe was so we just swam around on the sand to the east of the pipe (which I realised later). As we headed into deeper water we came on the pipe and followed it out for a while. We found all sorts of interesting critters. Sam is a great spotter.
Sam let me know she was low on air so we started to follow the pipe back to shore. Along the way she nonchalantly pointed out a blue-ringed octopus. I got some photos of it before it swam off an disappeared. Sam also believes she saw a blue-ribbon eel but we were unable to find it again.
I dropped Sam at the steps and as I still had some air left, went back out with Trish. We followed the pipe down to pretty much where we'd got to earlier. I found an adult thorny-back cowfish. I tried to find the blue-ribbon eel and the blue-line octopus again but had no luck.
We turned and headed back along the pipe to the exit. |
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Buddy |
Samantha Camilleri, Trish the Trainer |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
5 to 10 metres |
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Duration |
92 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
13.1 m |
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Average depth |
8.5 m |
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Water temperature |
20.6°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 |
4:31am |
0.18m |
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High |
10:41am |
1.57m |
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Low |
4:32pm |
0.31m |
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High |
10:59pm |
1.87m |
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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Tiger pipefish, Filicampus tigris. 8.5 m.
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Tiger pipefish, Filicampus tigris. 8.7 m.
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Tiger pipefish, Filicampus tigris. 8.7 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.9 m.
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Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 9.1 m.
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Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 9.3 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 9.4 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.3 m.
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Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 7.3 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.2 m.
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Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.3 m.
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Decorator crab, Hyastenus elatus. 7.9 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.7 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.7 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.6 m.
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White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.6 m.
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Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 9.7 m.
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Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 11.5 m.
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Anemone hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 11 m.
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Nudibranch, Ceratosoma brevicaudatum. 12 m.
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Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 12.2 m.
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Girdled pipefish, Festucalex cinctus. 12.3 m.
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Girdled pipefish, Festucalex cinctus. 12.3 m.
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Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 10.2 m.
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Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 10.3 m.
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Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 10.3 m.
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Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 10.3 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.7 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.8 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.8 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.8 m.
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Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 12.6 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.7 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.6 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.6 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.6 m.
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Thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 12.6 m.
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Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 8 m.
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