Dive Details
Location
Date
16 March, 2008
Time
10:28am - 11:24am
Buddy
Tim Everest, Colin Keene
Seas
Flat
Visibility
5-10
Duration
57 minutes
Maximum depth
8.3 m
Average depth
6.2 m
Water temperature
20.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
4:32am
1.60m
Low
11:39am
0.47m
High
5:46pm
1.17m
Low
11:09pm
0.65m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Blue Damsel
Small
1
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 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.
Sponge, probably Carteriospongia caliciformis. 7.1 m.
Soft coral. 7.7 m.
Sea star, Fromia polypora. 7.5 m.
Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 7.7 m.
Tube anemone, Pachycerianthius delwynae. 7.9 m.
Ascidians, Clavelina meridionalis. 8.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 7.7 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris spledidia. 7.7 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.7 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.8 m.
Sabellid worm. 8.1 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8 m.
Sponge. 7.5 m.
Sponge, possibly Mycale mirabilis. 7 m.
Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 5.4 m.
Sponge. 5.4 m.
Swimming anemone, Phlyctenactis tuberculosa. 4.9 m.
Stony coral, Plesiastrea versipora. 4.7 m.
Stony Coral Culicia tenella. 3.2 m.
Sea star, Coscinasterias muricata. 3.3 m.
Zoanthids. 3.5 m.
Soft coral, possibly Erythropodium sp. 2.9 m.