Dive Details

Location

Date

21 May, 2011

Time

8:32am - 9:34am

Details

Entered the water in the "bay" on the north west corner of the island. Swam on the surface towards the south west until we could no longer see the bottom to conserve air. Descended and headed south to the wall. Descended the all and headed south east to the area I believe the pygmy pipehorses have been found. Thoroughly searched the area but did not find any. Returned around the western side of the island and existed at the "boat ramp".

Buddy

George Borovskis

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

18.3 m

Average depth

13.5 m

Water temperature

17.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

5:29am

0.36m

High

11:27am

1.31m

Low

4:54pm

0.63m

High

11:24pm

1.78m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

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.

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 11.4 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 13.1 m.
 

Eye of a griant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 13.1 m.
 

Stony coral, Balanophyllia. sp. 17.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 17.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 18 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 17.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 18.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 18 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 17.8 m.
 

Close-up of a mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 13.5 m.
 

Sea star. 13.6 m.
 

Eye of a common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 6.4 m.