Dive Details

Location

Date

26 July, 2008

Time

11:24am - 12:35pm

Buddy

Gary and others from St George Underwater

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10m

Duration

71 minutes

Maximum depth

10.4 m

Average depth

7.9 m

Water temperature

14.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Dension) AEST

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

High

1:22am

1.32m

Low

7:36am

0.47m

High

2:15pm

1.54m

Low

8:42pm

0.59m

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.

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 7.7 m.
 

Ascidians. 8.6 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 8.7 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 8.6 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 8.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8.7 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 9.3 m.
 

Soft coral. 8.8 m.
 

Sponge, Mycale mirabilis. 8.9 m.
 

Colonial ascidians, Polycitor giganteus. 9.5 m.
 

Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 7.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 9.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 9.4 m.
 

Sponge. 9.8 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 10.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 10.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 10.2 m.
 

Cephalopod eggs. 9.8 m.
 

Cephalopod eggs. 9.2 m.
 

Soft Coral. 8.8 m.
 

Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 6.5 m.