Dive Details
Location
Date
23 December, 2009
Time
1:12pm - 2:21pm
Details
Entered at the usual spot and headed south then west. Turned at 100 bar.
Buddy
Colin Keene
Seas
Flat
Visibility
8 metres
Duration
65 minutes
Maximum depth
15.1 m
Average depth
10.7 m
Water temperature
21.2°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
1:30am
1.25m
Low
7:03am
0.66m
High
1:17pm
1.46m
Low
8:01pm
0.48m
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.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 13.8 m.
Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 14 m.
Hermit crab. 13.7 m.
Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 14.5 m.
Nudibranchs Ceratosoma amoena. 14.9 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 14.7 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 14.7 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 14.8 m.
Sabellid feather duster worm. 13.9 m.
Nudibranch Chromodoris daphne. 13.7 m.
Fortescue, Centropogon australis. 13.4 m.
Nudibranch Chromodoris daphne. 12.8 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 12.9 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 11.7 m.
Stony coral, Culicia sp., polyps. 11.8 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.3 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.3 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.3 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.2 m
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 9.8 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 9.8 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 10 m.
Nudibranch Ceratosoma amoena. 11 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 10.9 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.2 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 7.1 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1.1 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1.2 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1.2 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 1.2 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 0.8 m.