Dive Details

Location

Date

11 March, 2007

Time

2:30pm - 3:38pm

Details

Headed west from "boat ramp" into the deeper water to the area with weedy sea dragons.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3-5m

Duration

68 minutes

Maximum depth

13.8 m

Average depth

9.3 m

Water temperature

22.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Dension) AEDT

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

High

1:27am

1.45m

Low

8:11am

0.64m

High

1:56pm

1.10m

Low

7:30pm

0.68m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

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.

Alga, Caulerpa taxifolia. 4 m.
 

Zoanthid. 5.5 m.
 

Soft coral, Capnella gaboensis. 7.4 m.
 

Soft coral, C. gaboensis. 7.1 m.
 

Soft coral, C. gaboensis. 7.1 m.
 

Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 7.7 m.
 

Octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.6 m.
 

Octopus, O. tetricus. 7.4 m.
 

Two nudibranchs, Chromodoris splendida. 7.2 m.
 

Purple sponge. 7 m.
 

Juvenile Gü
 

nther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 10.7 m.
 

Gü
 

nther's butterflyfish, C. guentheri. 10.6 m.
 

Gü
 

nther's butterflyfish, C. guentheri. 10.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Conspicuous polycera. 11.7 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 13.1 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, S. plangon. 13.1 m.
 

Two mourning cuttlefish, S. plangon. 13 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, S. plangon. 12.4 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, S. plangon. 11.8 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 13.3 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.6 m.