Dive Details
Location
Logged dive number
289
Date
Sunday 19 August 2007
Time
10:45am - 11:39am
Buddy
Tim Everest
Seas
Slight
Visibility
15m
Duration
53 minutes
Surface interval
Maximum depth
12.6 m
Average depth
8.2 m
Water temperature
15.3°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison), NSW (AEST)
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
5:42am
0.48m
High
12:15pm
1.39m
Low
6:31pm
0.62m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Weedy seadragon
Large
2
Blue Damsel
Medium
1
Moon Wrasse
Medium
1
Port Jackson Shark
Large
Many
Sea Urchin
Medium
1
Collector Urchin
Medium
Few
Details
Headed out to the bower and then out to the sea dragons.
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(s)
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.
Sea urchin, Pseudoboletia maculata. 4.5 m.
Male Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 8.2 m.
Tunicate. 9.2 m.
Sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 9.1 m.
Male Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 10.1 m.
Male Port Jackson shark, H. portusjacksoni. 10.2 m.
Egg from Port Jackson shark, H. portusjacksoni. 12 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 12.6 m.
Weedy seadragon, P. taeniolatus. 12.5 m.
Swimming anemone, Phlyctenactis tuberculosa. 11.9 m.
Zoanthids. 11.3 m.
Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 9.1 m.