Dive at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW, on 5/7/03 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, NSW,

Date

05 July, 2003

Time

12:11pm - 1:06pm

Details

Entered at eastern end of beach and headed north along rock wall.

Seas

Slightly Choppy, small swell

Visibility

2-3m

Duration

55 minutes

Maximum depth

4.9 m

Average depth

3.0 m

Water temperature

15.3°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

6:21am

0.36m

High

12:31pm

1.30m

Low

6:05pm

0.59m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Syngnathidae

 

Hippocampus whitei

White's Seahorse

Medium

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

1

 

Labridae

 

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Large

1

 

Cirrhilabrus punctatus

Small-spotted Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Naso unicornis

Blue-Spine Unicornfish

Medium

1

 

Aracanidae

 

Anoplocarpros inermis

Eastern Smooth Boxfish

Medium

1

  Sea Urchins

 

Toxopneustidae

 

Collector Urchin

Large

Many

 

Collector Urchin

Large

Many

  Cephalopods

 

Sepiidae

 

Mourning Cuttlefish

Large

2

 

Loliginidae

 

Southern Calamari Squid

Medium

Few

  Gastropods

 

Dorididae

 

Nudibranch

Large

Many

 

Turbinidae

 

Turban Shell

Large

Many

  True Stony Corals

 

Faviidae

 

Coral

Small

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon Coolpix 4500

Housing

Ikelite 6186

Strobe

Ikelite SubStrobe DS50

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.


Zoanthids and sponge
 

Plesiastrea versipora
 

Aphelodoris varia
 

Mourning cuttlefish Sepia plangon
 

Hermit Crab
 

Pseudoboletia indiana
 

Juvenile cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus