Dive Details

Location

Date

20 October, 2012

Time

11:53am - 12:44pm

Details

Second dive with Feet First Dive as part of the St George Underwater Centre Dive Club Nelson Bay trip in October 2012.

Anchored just outside Looking Glass and went down the anchor line and into the long swim-through. It was very surgy in the swim-through and there were 2-5 grey nurse sharks in there. We went a fair way into the swim-through and then returned and back to the boat.

Buddy

John Mckeon

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

5-15 metres

Duration

51 minutes

Maximum depth

19.3 m

Average depth

11.7 m

Water temperature

17.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Newcastle AEDT

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

High

12:37am

1.38m

Low

6:15am

0.49m

High

12:47pm

1.82m

Low

7:35pm

0.31m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

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.

Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 11.6 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 15.7 m.
 

Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 11.9 m.
 

Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 9.6 m.
 

Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 9.1 m.
 

Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 10.2 m.