Dive Details

Location

Date

28 December, 2012

Time

7:43am - 8:55am

Details

One of the aims of this dive was to look for "Golden Girl". Peter Jaques was hopeful he could at least locate the rock on which he previously saw her if we can't find her.

We entered at The Steps and headed towards The Leap investigating the sponge covered boulders up from the sand line. At around 13 metres Peter believes he found the correct rock but we couldn't find "Golden Girl". He did manage to spot one of the undescribed anglerfish which was special.

We turned at around 100 bar and exied at The Steps.

Buddy

Daniela Stark

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

69 minutes

Maximum depth

15.3 m

Average depth

10.6 m

Water temperature

18.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

2:30am

0.50m

High

9:04am

1.73m

Low

3:44pm

0.37m

High

9:36pm

1.29m

Video

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

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.

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris hunterae. 11.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.8 m.
 

Dendrophylliid coral. 11.7 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 11.1 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 11 m.
 

Undescribed anglerfish. 12.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 14.3 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 13 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 10.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris angasi. 11 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 9.8 m.