Dive Details
Location
Green Point, Watsons Bay, NSW,
Date
11 June, 2006
Time
12:02pm - 1:08pm
Details
Entered at beach and followed headland around to the west and south and then back.
Buddy
Tim Everest.
Seas
Choppy
Visibility
5m
Duration
66 minutes
Maximum depth
9.3 m
Average depth
4.9 m
Water temperature
16.6°C
Site Map
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides
Low
1:58am
0.42m
High
7:45am
1.31m
Low
1:18pm
0.53m
High
7:57pm
1.85m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Cleaner Wrasse
Medium
1
Collector Urchin
Medium
Many
Sea Urchin
Medium
Many
Collector Urchin
Small
1
Species Caught
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Collector Urchin
Collector Urchin
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D70
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF +4 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6807.1
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55
Strobes
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-125
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.
Pink sponge at 5.8 m.
Zoanthids, possibly Epizoanthis sabulosis in encrusting sponge at 5.2 m.
Sydney cardinalfish, Apogon limenus, at 4.6 m.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.3 m.
Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi, at 7.5 m.
Orange ascidian at 7.1 m.
Orange sponge at 6.7 m.
Sabellid tubeworm, possibly Sabellastarte sp., at 3.7 m.
Crinoid, Cenolia trichoptera, at 5.8 m.
Sea star, possibly Plectaster decanus, at 6.1 m.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia indiana, at 5.9 m.
Large sponge at 5.4 m.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.2 m.
Zoanthids, possibly Epizoanthis sabulosis in encrusting sponge at 4.8 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 3.5 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.2 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.2 m. Note that this individual is missing much of its right most arm.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, at 4.1 m. Note that this individual is missing much of its right most arm.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata, 3.2 m.
Faviid coral, Plesiastrea versipora, at 3.2 m.