Dive Details

Location

Date

03 January, 2011

Time

11:18am - 12:22pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at The Steps and headed west towards The Monument into the outgoing tide. Turned at 80 bar and exited at The Steps.

Buddy

George Borovskis

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

63 minutes

Maximum depth

11.8 m

Average depth

9.9 m

Water temperature

19.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

1:40am

0.47m

High

8:20am

1.80m

Low

3:08pm

0.30m

High

8:58pm

1.27m

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.

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 10.5 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 11.2 m.
 

Green moray eels, Gymnothorax prasinus. 11.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 10.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 10.6 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 10.2 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 11.6 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 11.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.1 m.
 

Pot-bellied sea horse, Hippocampus sp. 10.8 m.
 

Pot-bellied sea horse, Hippocampus sp. 10.6 m.
 

Pot-bellied sea horse, Hippocampus sp. 10.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 10.1 m.