Dive Details

Location

Date

09 January, 2011

Time

11:17am - 12:10pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Slid down the barnacle cover rock slope to the left of "The Leap" and met up with the other divers on the surface. Steve lost his camera (probably on the entry) and we waited on the surface while he had a look for it. We descended to the sand line and headed towards The Steps with the slight current. Exit at The Steps was pretty hairy.

Buddy

Marc

Seas

Surge on the surface but calm below

Visibility

15 metres

Duration

47 minutes

Maximum depth

21.3 m

Average depth

15.2 m

Water temperature

17.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

12:15am

1.31m

Low

5:52am

0.57m

High

12:11pm

1.56m

Low

6:45pm

0.43m

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.

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 15.1 m.
 

Anglerfish, Antennarius. sp. 19.3 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus sp. 20.6 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus sp. 21.2 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus sp. 20.8 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus sp. 20.7 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 19.9 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 18.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 18.7 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 15.9 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.4 m.