Dive Details
Location
Date
29 April, 2007
Time
2:11pm - 3:17pm
Details
Swam south from the entry point to the chain and followed it east. Came back towards the other side of the bay, but it was too boring and murky. Crossed to the northern side of the bay and found a very interesting wall.
Buddy
Tim Everest
Seas
Slight
Visibility
3-10m
Duration
66 minutes
Maximum depth
13.6 m
Average depth
9.4 m
Water temperature
20.9°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
12:16am
0.60m
High
6:13am
1.45m
Low
12:26pm
0.49m
High
6:47pm
1.52m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Keyhole Angelfish
Medium
1
Cleaner Wrasse
Medium
Few
Convict Surgeon
Small
1
Yellow Boxfish
Small
Many
Canthigaster bennetti
Bennett's Sharpnosed Puffer
Medium
1
Canthigaster valentini
Saddled Puffer
Small
1
Giant Cuttlefish
Medium
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.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 9.3 m.
Juvenile cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. 9.3 m.
Banded seaperch, Hypoplectrodes maccullochi. 12.2 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 11.6 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 11.9 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 12.3 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 12.6 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 12.7 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 12.9 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 13.1 m. Larger image
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Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 13.1 m.
Giant cuttlefish, S. apama. 13.2 m.
Triton, Cabsetana sp. 11.2 m.
Bryozoa. 9.7 m.
Valentini puffer, Canthigaster valentini. 10.5 m.
Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 7.5 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 7.6 m.
Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 7.7 m.
Ascidians. 6.9 m.
Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 8.7 m.
Soft coral, Capnella gaboensis. 7.9 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 8 m.
Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 7.7 m.
Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 7.3 m.
Nudibranch, P. ianthina. 7.3 m.