Dive Details
Location
Date
26 November, 2009
Time
12:14pm - 1:19pm
Details
Entered water at "boat ramp" and headed west to the north-west point of the island. I swam a small way around the corner and then returned.
Seas
Slight
Visibility
3-5 metres
Duration
64 minutes
Maximum depth
15.1 m
Average depth
10.2 m
Water temperature
18.6°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
4:11am
1.25m
Low
9:55am
0.73m
High
4:01pm
1.33m
Low
10:37pm
0.50m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D +4 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.
Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 9.4 m.
Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 10.2 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.5 m.
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 11.4 m.
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 11.4 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.8 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.8 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 14.2 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 13.9 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 13.8 m.
Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 13.8 m.
Sea star. 12.8 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral. 13.1 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral. 13.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 13.6 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral. 14.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 14.9 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 12.6 m.
Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 12.5 m.
Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 13 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.7 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.5 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.4 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 10.3 m.
Tube worm. 10.1 m.
Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi. 9.9 m.
Ascidians, Sycozoa cerebriformis. 7.1 m.