Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

2439

Date

Thursday 2 July 2026

Time

7:51am - 10:24am

Seas

Slight current and surge

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

153 minutes

Surface interval

 3 days 20:53 (days hh:mm)

Maximum depth

21.5 m

Average depth

12.7 m

Water temperature

16.5°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Gamay (Botany Bay) AEST

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

Low

4:00am

0.49m

High

9:52am

1.33m

Low

3:15pm

0.66m

High

9:49pm

1.84m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Number
  Fishes

 

 Syngnathidae

 

Hippocampus abdominalis

Pot-bellied Seahorse

1

 

Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri

Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse

3

 

Maroubra perserrata

Sawtooth Pipefish

3

 

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Weedy Seadragon

8

 

 Carangidae

 

Seriola lalandi

Yellowtail Kingfish

Many
  Sharks, Rays

 

 Squatinidae

 

Squatina australis

Australian Angelshark

1

 

 Heterodontidae

 

Heterodontus portusjacksoni

Port Jackson shark

2

 

 Hypnidae

 

Hypnos monopterygius

Coffin Ray

2

 

 Orectolobidae

 

Orectolobus maculatus

Spotted Wobbegong

2
  Ophiuroids

 

 Gorgonocephalidae

 

Astrosierra amblyconus

Basket star

1
  Cephalopods

 

 Sepiidae

 

Sepia mestus

Reaper cuttlefish

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D500

Lens

Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED

Housing

Ikelite 6812.5

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobe(s)

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.

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Denis"). 19.8m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Veronica"). 19.5m.
 

Female Port Jackson Shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 15m.
 

Reaper Cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.8m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14.2m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14.1m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 12.9m.
 

Female Pot-Bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Vic"). 12.6m.
 

Australian Angelfish, Squatina australis. 9.4m.
 

Subadult Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Jay"). 10m.
 

Sawtooth Pipefish, Maroubra perserrata. 10.8m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Robin"). 11.2m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Eleanor"). 10.8m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Laa-Laa"). 10.6m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Randy"). 11.4m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Hervé"). 9.8m.