Dive Details

Location

Date

18 August, 2008

Time

11:18am - 11:39am

Details

This dive was mainly to test out my chest and see if it was ready for diving. I had done 5 minutes on the safety stop chain just prior to this dive and things were fine. Sean took me for a quick 20 minute dive. We went through the swimthrough and I saw the anchor for the first time.

Buddy

Sean

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

30m

Duration

21 minutes

Maximum depth

16.0 m

Average depth

7.8 m

Water temperature

24.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

4:00am

0.93m

High

9:27am

2.21m

Low

3:37pm

0.57m

High

10:00pm

2.70m

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.

Acropora sp. colony. 10.8 m.
 

Tiger blenny, Escenius tigris. 8.9 m.
 

Blackspotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 4.1 m.