Dive at Anemone Bay, North Solitary Island, NSW on 2/10/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

02 October, 2011

Time

8:22am - 9:14am

Details

Headed down the anchor line and then headed north to the next mooring and then headed east then south towards the shallows.

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

A bit surgy

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

51 minutes

Maximum depth

18.4 m

Average depth

12.7 m

Water temperature

18.6°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Yamba AEDT

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

High

12:07am

1.18m

Low

5:59am

0.27m

High

12:54pm

1.57m

Low

7:34pm

0.33m

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.


Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 13.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 17.7 m.
 

Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 18.2 m.
 

Ornate wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus. 17.8 m.
 

Sea star, Ophidiaster confertus. 11.7 m.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 9.5 m.
 

Faviid stony coral. 8.6 m.
 

Sea hare, Aplysia sp. 4.5 m.
 

Zoanthids. 5.9 m.