Dive at Gravel Loader, Bass Point, NSW on 12/6/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

12 June, 2011

Time

9:44am - 10:27am

Details

Swam out under the loader to the end. Swam around the end looking for giant cuttlefish but didn't find any. Came back parallel but just to the west of the loader.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

42 minutes

Maximum depth

9.9 m

Average depth

6.4 m

Water temperature

14.7°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Port Kembla AEST

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

High

4:39am

1.36m

Low

10:40am

0.39m

High

5:16pm

1.71m

Low

11:55pm

0.39m

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.


Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 5.9 m.
 

Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 6.2 m.
 

Three-spot dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus. 9.3 m.