Dive Details
Location
Date
12 September, 2009
Time
11:29am - 12:26pm
Details
Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.
Entered at The Monument, descended to the sand line and headed south towards The Steps. At 100 bar we turned and exited at the entry point.
On this dive I had my D70 with me. It is so much less enjoyable to use than the D300.
Buddy
George
Seas
Flat
Visibility
3-5 metres
Duration
57 minutes
Maximum depth
13.4 m
Average depth
10.5 m
Water temperature
14.5°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
1:15am
1.13m
Low
6:58am
0.59m
High
1:44pm
1.55m
Low
8:45pm
0.52m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Weedy seadragon
Large
5
Port Jackson Shark
Large
1
Octopus tetricus
Common Sydney Octopus
Large
1
Nudibranch
Large
1
Nudibranch
Medium
Few
Nudiibranch
Large
Few
Nudibranch
Medium
Many
Nudibranch
Large
Many
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D70
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6807.1
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.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.4 m.
Nudibranch, Jorunna sp. 11.3 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.6 m.
Dendrophylliid coral. 11.2 m.
Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.9 m
Dendrophylliid coral. 11.2 m.
Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.9 m.
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennettii. 11.9 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.4 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.6 m.
Sponge. 7.7 m.