Dive Details

Location

Date

24 May, 2008

Time

11:38am - 12:19pm

Details

After finding the cave (we went off in the wrong direction) we sort 6-7 grey nurse sharks swiming in and around the cave. The did not seemed to be too concerned about the dives in the area.

Unfortunately, my camera gear was playing up and the strobes didn't fire for most of the shots.

Buddy

Martin, Plunge Diving and Scubaroos.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15

Duration

41 minutes

Maximum depth

21.7 m

Average depth

14.5 m

Water temperature

19.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

Low

5:13am

0.51m

High

11:06am

1.22m

Low

4:23pm

0.69m

High

10:58pm

1.68m

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.

Gret nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 14.7 m.
 

Gret nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 15 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 11.2 m.