Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 20/3/10 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

20 March, 2010

Time

10:24am - 11:30am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at The Monument and headed along the sand line south east towards The Steps. Turned at 150 bar and made way back along the rocks right around the corner to almost the beach.

Buddy

Melissa

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3 to 5 metres

Duration

65 minutes

Maximum depth

12.8 m

Average depth

9.4 m

Water temperature

18.9°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

6:01am

0.46m

High

12:00pm

1.34m

Low

5:49pm

0.52m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Tokina AT-X Pro Fisheye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.15 (without shade)

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.


Sponges. 11.5m
 

Tubeworm colony, probably Filograna implexa. 11.4 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.9 m.
 

Dendrophylliid coral. 11.1 m.
 

Weedy sea dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.5 m.
 

Weedy sea dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.6 m.
 

Weedy sea dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.7 m.
 

Sea anemones, Anthothoe albocincta. 11.1 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 9.1 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 8.9 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.1 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.1 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.2 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.2 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.2 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 12.5 m.