Dive Details
Location
Date
20 April, 2008
Time
10:36am - 11:25am
Details
Headed along the bower and out on the sand to look for weedy sea dragons. We didn't find the dragons. The visibility was OK, but there was a lot of particulate matter in the water which made photography next to impossible. I have included the best shot below, and it isn't very good at all.
Buddy
Oliver Hoffman
Seas
Slight
Visibility
5m
Duration
49 minutes
Maximum depth
11.9 m
Average depth
7.2 m
Water temperature
19.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
2:11am
0.46m
High
8:06am
1.45m
Low
2:00pm
0.48m
High
8:25pm
1.70m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Common Lionfish
Large
1
Golden-headed Sleeper Goby
Medium
1
Orange-blotch Surgeon
Small
1
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +2 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6812.3
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51
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.
Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 4.2 m.