Dive at Bubble Cave, North Solitary Island, NSW on 1/10/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

01 October, 2011

Time

10:14am - 11:14am

Details

Descended the mooring line and swam down one of the gullies then back to the shallows. Headed towards the bubble cave but didn't go in.

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

15.4 m

Average depth

11.5 m

Water temperature

18.7°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Yamba AEST

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

Low

4:15am

0.16m

High

10:57am

1.63m

Low

5:26pm

0.24m

High

11:07pm

1.18m

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.


Blue-lipped anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 14.3 m.
 

Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 14.5 m.
 

Blue-lipped anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 14.8 m.
 

Blue-lipped anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 15 m.
 

Blue-lip anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 14.9 m.
 

Saddled puffer, Canthigaster valentini. 12.7 m.
 

Blue-lipped anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 13.3 m.
 

Stony coral, Acanthastrea. 9.4 m.
 

Stony coral, Tubastraea. 9.6 m.
 

Zoanthids. 5.9 m.