Dive Details

Location

Date

29 November, 2008

Time

10:09am - 11:04am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Headed west from the boat ramp, around the corner and back.

There was a lot of particulate matter in the water making photography difficult.

Buddy

George and others.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

55 minutes

Maximum depth

15.9 m

Average depth

10.0 m

Water temperature

15.6°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

3:13am

0.53m

High

9:49am

1.73m

Low

4:32pm

0.37m

High

10:26pm

1.24m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.

Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 4.2 m.
 

Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 4.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 8.5 m.
 

Feather duster worm. 10.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11.9 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.4 m.
 

Feather duster worm. 13.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 13.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 13.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 13.6 m.
 

Dendrophylliid coral. 13.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 14.2 m.
 

Dendrophylliid coral. 14.2 m.
 

Nudibranch. 15 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 12.4 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 9.2 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 8.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 8 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 8 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.8 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.7 m.
 

Feather duster worm. 7.4 m.