Dive Details

Location

Date

02 March, 2008

Time

3:26pm - 4:14pm

Details

The purpose of the dive was to test out the new flat port with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens. Unfortunately, the poor visibility and surge was not very conducive to photography.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

1-3m

Duration

48 minutes

Maximum depth

12.3 m

Average depth

8.0 m

Water temperature

20.3°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

4:48am

1.41m

Low

11:59am

0.62m

High

5:53pm

1.08m

Low

11:12pm

0.73m

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.

Dendrophylliid coral. 10.3 m.
 

Dendrophylliid coral. 11.4 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 11.3 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 11.2 m.