Dive at Halfway Point, South Cronulla, NSW on 8/1/10 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

08 January, 2010

Time

8:00pm - 9:17pm

Details

Entered from the rocks at the end Ischia Street and swam around to Oak Park, exiting at the pool.

Buddy

Bobby

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10 metres

Duration

67 minutes

Maximum depth

8.6 m

Average depth

6.6 m

Water temperature

21.5°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEDT

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

High

3:20am

1.50m

Low

9:39am

0.58m

High

3:20pm

1.27m

Low

9:39pm

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.


Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis. 7.6 m.
 

Soft coral. 5.9 m.
 

Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus sp. 6.1 m.
 

Tube anemone, Pachycerianthus delwynae. 5.9 m.
 

Swimming anemone, Phlyctenactis tuberculosa. 6.2 m.
 

Sea star. 7 m.
 

Estuary catfish, Cnidoglanis macrocephala. 7.8 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 7.4 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 7.9 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 8 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 8 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 7.8 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 8 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 8 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 7.7 m.
 

Estuary catfish, Cnidoglanis macrocephala. 7.8 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni.
 

Juvenile yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 8.4 m.
 

Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 8.2 m.
 

Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 8.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 7.8 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 7.6 m.
 

Stingaree, probably Urolophus. sp. 7.6 m.