Dive at Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens, NSW, on 15/3/09 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

15 March, 2009

Time

10:13am - 11:14am

Details

Entered the water on the outside of the pool net. Headed South-east along the net and followed it aorund to the south-west to the end and back.

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3 metres

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

3.8 m

Average depth

2.9 m

Water temperature

21.9°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT

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

Low

6:12am

0.44m

High

12:07pm

1.34m

Low

5:53pm

0.52m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Syngnathidae

 

Hippocampus whitei

White's Seahorse

Large

Many

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Medium

2

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Schooling Bannerfish

Small

1

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.


Ascidians. 3.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 2.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 3.2 m.
 

Sponge. 2.8 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 3.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 3.4 m.
 

Sponge. 3.1 m.
 

White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.2 m.
 

White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.3 m.
 

White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 3.3 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.4 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.4 m.