Dive Details
Location
Date
30 June, 2006
Time
7:38pm - 8:54pm
Details
Night dive. The main purpose of this dive was to test out my torches for night diving. I had the UK mini Q40 eLED plus on my mask, an Ikelite Mini C-Lite mounted on the DS-50 and used the modelling light on the DS-125. The combination of these three lights was satisfactory for both general vision and framing photographs. Additionally, the lights help me aim the strobes more accurately.
Buddy
Tim Everest
Seas
Slight
Visibility
10
Duration
77 minutes
Maximum depth
5.8 m
Average depth
3.4 m
Water temperature
14.6°C
Site Map
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides
Low
5:34am
0.46m
High
11:36am
1.23m
Low
5:00pm
0.65m
High
11:23pm
1.59m
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.
Red algae at 1.8 m.
Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus at 1.5 m.
Sea pen, Cavernularia obesa, at 1.9 m.
Crab at 1.9 m.
Blue-lined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus, in night colouration at 2.2 m
Hermit crab at 1.7 m.
Flathead at 2.1 m.
Sea urchin, Centrostephanus rodgersii, at 2.3 m.
Red rockcod, Scropaena cardinalis, at 2.7 m.
Crab at 2.9 m.
Forked proboscis of an echiuran, Metabonellia haswelli, at 3.7 m.
Forked proboscis of an echiuran, Metabonellia haswelli, at 3.9 m.
Crinoids, Cenolia trichoptera, at 3.7 m.
Cryptic sea spider at 3.7 m.
Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 4.1 m.
Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, in orange spone at 3.9 m.
Forked proboscis of an echiuran, Metabonellia haswelli, at 3.8 m.
Sea star, Patiriella sp., at 4.2 m
Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. at 5.3 m.
Milk spot cowrie, Cypraea vitellus, at 5.3 m.
Forked proboscis of an echiuran, Metabonellia haswelli, at 4.3 m.
Crinoid, Cenolia trichoptera, at 4.8 m.
Sole at 4.3 m.
Sea slug, Euselenops luniceps, at 4.7 m.
Two Sea slugs, Euselenops luniceps, at 4.3 m.
Sea slug, Euselenops luniceps, at 4.1 m.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia indiana, at 5.7 m.
Common stingaree, Trygonoptera testacea, at 5.5 m.
Sleeping stripey, Microcanthus strigatus, at 5.7 m.
Sea urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus, at 5.6 m.
Feeding tentacles of a sea cucumber, Neothyonidium sp., at 5 m.
Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., possibly S. metsus, at 5 m.
Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., possibly S. metsus, on ascidians at 4.8 m.
Sea urchin at 4.7 m.
Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 4.4 m.
Sea urchin at 4.1 m.
Sea anemone, Anthothoe alboconcta, at 4.3 m.
Crab at 4.2 m.
Blue-lined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus, in night colouration at 4.3 m.
A school of striped catfish, Plotosus lineatus, at 3.7 m.