Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

2440

Date

Saturday 4 July 2026

Time

9:29am - 11:47am

Buddy

Sharon Bromwich

Seas

Slight current and surge

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

138 minutes

Surface interval

Maximum depth

16.3 m

Average depth

11.5 m

Water temperature

17.0°C

Dive Profile from Garmin Descent G2

Tides at Gamay (Botany Bay) EDST

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

Low

5:13am

0.50m

High

11:13am

1.36m

Low

4:40pm

0.69m

High

11:04pm

1.76m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Number

Hippocampus abdominalis

Pot-bellied Seahorse

1

Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri

Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse

3

Maroubra perserrata

Sawtooth Pipefish

1

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Weedy Seadragon

6

Paristiopterus labiosus

Giant Boarfish

2

Hypnos monopterygius

Coffin Ray

1

Astrosierra amblyconus

Basket star

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.

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Greg"). 11.5m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 13.1m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Vic"). 13m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14m..
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14m..
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14.2m..
 

Subadult Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Hilary"). 12.1m.
 

Subadult Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Jay"). 9.4m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Eleanor"). 11.3m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Laa-Laa"). 11.4m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Randy"). 11.7m.