Dive Details

Location

Date

15 May, 2010

Time

8:51am - 9:48am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at the boat ramp as usual and drifted with the incoming tide up the reef, turning around at around 140 bar.

Buddy

Nick

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

1-4 metres

Duration

56 minutes

Maximum depth

14.7 m

Average depth

9.3 m

Water temperature

18.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

3:07am

0.36m

High

9:03am

1.37m

Low

2:38pm

0.52m

High

9:12pm

1.90m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 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.

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.7 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.5 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 9.5 m.
 

Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 8.4 m.
 

Sabellid tube worm. 7.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 6.9 m.
 

Fan-bellied leatherjacket, Monacanthus chinensis. 6.8 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 8.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris daphne. 8.2 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 4.7 m.