Dive at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW, on 22/4/07 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

22 April, 2007

Time

11:41am - 12:56pm

Details

Entered on northern side of the bridge and swam north west. Returned the same way.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5m

Duration

75 minutes

Maximum depth

10.3 m

Average depth

6.5 m

Water temperature

20.6°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

6:32am

0.39m

High

12:31pm

1.21m

Low

5:52pm

0.67m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

1

  Sea Urchins

 

Toxopneustidae

 

Collector Urchin

Medium

1

  Cephalopods

 

Sepiidae

 

Sepia apama

Giant Cuttlefish

Large

1

 

Sepia apama

Giant Cuttlefish

Small

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.


Soft coral, Capnella gaboensis. 4.1 m.
 

Soft coral, C. gaboensis. 3.7 m.
 

Sabellid worm. 3.2 m.
 

Sabellid worm. 3.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Apheledoris varia. 6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 6 m.
 

Juvenile giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 6.2 m.
 

Juvenile giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 6.4 m.
 

Eye of juvenile giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 6.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 6 m.
 

Sabellid worm. 6.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Apheledoris varia. 6.1 m.
 

Cowrie, Cypraea sp., with tiny sea hare, Elysia sp., on its shell. 6.2 m.
 

Razor clam, Pinna bicolor. 6.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 7.1 m.
 

Ascidians. 7.7 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 7.5 m.
 

Sabellid worm. 6.9 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 8.1 m.
 

Sabellid worms. 8.9 m.
 

Sabellid worm. 8.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 9.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Apheledoris varia. 8.8 m.
 

Hermit crab. 8.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena, with only one rhinophore. 8.3 m.
 

Two blue-lined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus, on a bed of zoanthids. 6.8 m.