Dive Details

Location

Date

02 May, 2009

Time

11:29am - 12:23pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered water on north-eastern corner of island and headed to the south wall. Swam along the south wall for a while and then headed to the top of the wall and back to the "boat ramp" near the bridge.

Buddy

Mark

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10 metres

Duration

54 minutes

Maximum depth

18.2 m

Average depth

10.5 m

Water temperature

19.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST

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

High

1:52am

1.68m

Low

8:52am

0.44m

High

3:03pm

1.30m

Low

8:38pm

0.68m

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, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.2 m.
 

Nudibranch Pteraeolida ianthina. 11.8 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12 m
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 11.8 m
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 17.9 m.
 

Close up of red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 18 m.
 

Tubeworms, Filograna implexa. 17.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosomoa amoena. 17.7 m.
 

Tubeworms, Filograna implexa. 17.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 17.8 m.
 

Feather duster worm. 10.7 m.
 

Close-up of mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 10.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosomoa amoena. 8.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 7.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 6.8 m.