Dive at Cabbage Tree Island Trawler, Cabbage Tree Island, NSW on 21/10/12 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

21 October, 2012

Time

10:32am - 11:33am

Details

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

This dive was off Cabbage Tree Island and we headed down to what was left of a trawler wreck. From there we headed over to the reef towards the southern end of the island and back to the boat.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

61 minutes

Maximum depth

15.2 m

Average depth

10.0 m

Water temperature

18.5°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Newcastle AEDT

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

High

1:42am

1.31m

Low

7:15am

0.57m

High

1:48pm

1.72m

Low

8:42pm

0.37m

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.


John. 2.4 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus. 10.9 m.
 

Numbfish, Hypnos monopterygium. 14.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 13.5 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 12.9 m.
 

Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 12.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 11.6 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 10.2 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.7 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 9.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 8.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 4.9 m.