Dive at Green Point, Watsons Bay, NSW, on 20/4/03 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Green Point, Watsons Bay, NSW,

Date

20 April, 2003

Time

9:06am - 9:55am

Details

Entered water and western end of Camp Cove and headed around the point towards Watsons Bay. Looked for the sponge garden, but didn't find it.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3-5

Duration

47 minutes

Maximum depth

16.7 m

Average depth

5.8 m

Water temperature

21.8°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

5:07am

0.24m

High

11:10am

1.41m

Low

4:49pm

0.48m

High

11:20pm

1.85m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

Many

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

2

 

Labridae

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Large

2

 

Gobiidae

 

Valenciennea helsdingeni

Black-Lined Sleeper-Goby

Large

2

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

1

  Sea Urchins

 

Temnopleuridae

 

Sea Urchin

Medium

Many

 

Toxopneustidae

 

Collector Urchin

Medium

Many

 

Collector Urchin

Large

Many

 

Sea Urchin

Medium

Few

 

Sea Urchin

Large

Few

 

Collector Urchin

Large

Many

 

Collector Urchin

Medium

Many

 

Collector Urchin

Small

Many

  Crustaceans

 

Stenopodidae

 

Banded Coral Shrimp

Large

1

  True Stony Corals

 

Faviidae

 

Coral

Small

Many

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

 

Sea Urchins

 

Toxopneustidae

Collector Urchin

30

Collector Urchin

40