Dive Details
Location
Date
17 May, 2008
Time
11:15am - 12:27pm
Details
Headed west and then south around the island.
Buddy
George, et al., from St George Underwater.
Seas
Calm
Visibility
5-10m
Duration
73 minutes
Maximum depth
13.8 m
Average depth
10.2 m
Water temperature
17.5°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
12:32am
0.58m
High
6:17am
1.36m
Low
12:12pm
0.53m
High
6:46pm
1.64m
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.
Sponge. 1.3 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 7.3 m.
Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 6.4 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 7.3 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.3 m.
Ascidians. 10.9 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 12.7 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 12.8 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.6 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 13.8 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 12.8 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 13.6 m.
Stony coral, Culicia tenella with sponge. 13.1 m.
Eye of a giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 12.7 m.
Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 11.8 m.
Central disc of a mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 11.3 m.
Nudibranch. 11.3 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 11.3 m.
Nudibranch. 11.8 m.
Eye of a reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.1 m.
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 13.7 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 13.6 m.
Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 13.8 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 13.4 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 13.7 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 12.7 m.
Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 12.3 m.
Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.8 m.
Nudibranch. 12.3 m.
Nudibranch. 10 m.