Dive Details

Location

Date

27 December, 2008

Time

10:08am - 11:14am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered the water on the western side of the island, headed west into deeper water and then followed the reef around to the north and then east. Exited on the La Perouse side of the channel.

Buddy

Lock

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

18.0 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

17.4°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

2:16am

0.54m

High

8:57am

1.72m

Low

3:51pm

0.37m

High

9:31pm

1.24m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

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.

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 12.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 12.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13 m.
 

Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 13 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 13.1 m.
 

Feather duster worm. 13.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 13.7 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13.2 m.
 

Stony coral, Balanophyllia sp. 17.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 16.5 m.
 

Stony coral, Balanophyllia sp. 16.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris thompsoni. 17.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 17.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 16.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 16.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris angai. 15.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 13.7 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.2 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 7.9 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 7.7 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.5 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 7.9 m.