Dive Details
Location
Date
26 June, 2010
Time
10:13am - 11:08am
Details
Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.
Entered on the north west tip of the island and swam south to the south wall. Came back along the western side of the island just above the sand line and exited at the "boat ramp".
Buddy
Anthony
Seas
Flat
Visibility
5-10 metres
Duration
54 minutes
Maximum depth
18.7 m
Average depth
11.4 m
Water temperature
16.1°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
2:23am
0.39m
High
8:12am
1.28m
Low
1:36pm
0.57m
High
8:18pm
1.84m
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.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 7.1 m.
Spotted grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi. 12.8 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 13.6 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 13.6 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 13.6 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 18.2 m.
Tubeworm. 18.5 m.
Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 16.9 m.
Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 12.8 m.
Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 13.1 m.
Eastern blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 13.3 m.
Nudibranchs, Neodoris chrysoderma. 13.2 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.8 m.
Sea star. 12.1 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 11.9 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 11.8 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 11.8 m.
Dendrophylliid coral colony. 11.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 7.5 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 3.2 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 3.6 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 4 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 3.9 m.