Dive Details

Location

Date

04 March, 2007

Time

10:54am - 12:12pm

Details

Entered at the "boat ramp" and headed to the NW tip of the island

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10m

Duration

78 minutes

Maximum depth

14.3 m

Average depth

9.2 m

Water temperature

18.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST

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

Low

3:14am

0.43m

High

9:31am

1.65m

Low

3:56pm

0.33m

High

9:59pm

1.43m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Large

1

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Small

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

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.

Brown sabretooth blenny, Petroscirtes lupus. 4.2 m.
 

Seagrass, Halophila sp. 5.3 m.
 

Soft coral, Capnella sp. (probably C. gaboensis). 7.6 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 7.2 m.
 

Soft coral, Capnella sp. (probably C. gaboensis). 7.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 8.1 m.
 

Colonial ascidian, Polycitor giganteus. 8.7 m.
 

Half-banded seaperch, Hyperelectrodes maccullochi. 8.8 m.
 

Half-banded seaperch, H. maccullochi. 9 m.
 

Sponge, Holopsamma laminaefavosa. 9.6 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.2 m.
 

Colonial ascidian, Polycitor giganteus. 11 m.
 

Anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 11.5 m.
 

Stony coral, Coscinaraea mcneilli. 11.5 m.
 

Sabellid featherduster worm. 12 m.
 

Blue-lined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus. 12.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 12.2 m.
 

Rock cod. 13.4 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopterx taeniolatus. 14.1 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.5 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.6 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.4 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 13.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.4 m.
 

Butterflyfish, Chelmonops trucatus. 7.6 m.
 

Butterflyfish, C. trucatus. 7.6 m.
 

Butterflyfish, C. trucatus. 7.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 6.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 5.9 m.