Dive Details
Location
Date
17 March, 2007
Time
10:47am - 12:04pm
Details
Entered water on the "mainland" side of the bridge and swam across to the island, then heading west to area with the seadragons.
Buddy
Tim Everest
Seas
Flat
Visibility
5-10m
Duration
77 minutes
Maximum depth
14.6 m
Average depth
19.6 m
Water temperature
20.7°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
1:12am
0.44m
High
7:38am
1.79m
Low
3:15pm
0.21m
High
8:16pm
1.47m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Günther's butterflyfish
Medium
2
Comb Wrasse
Medium
1
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D70
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +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.
Zoanthid. 5.3 m.
Two octopus, Octopus tetricus, mating. The male is on the left and has extended his specialized arm to female on the right. 7.5 m.
Male octopus, O. tetricus. 7.6 m.
Female octopus, O. tetricus. 7.5 m.
Soft coral, Capnella gaboensis. 7.7 m.
Sponge, Holopsamma laminaefavosa. 9.3 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.2 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.4 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 14.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.9 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.8 m.
Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 13.5 m.
Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.7 m.
Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.6 m.
Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
Red indianfish, P. fronto. 13.8 m.
Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi. 13.3 m.
Sponge. 10.7 m.
Anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 10.8 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10 m.
Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 9.8 m.
Nudibranchs, Glossodoris atromarginata. 1.4 m.