Dive Details

Location

Date

28 January, 2012

Time

10:33am - 11:23am

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at The Leap and headed straight down towards the sand line. Stopped at around 18 metres to photograph a giant cuttlefish and then continued. Moved north alomg the sand line until we hit 100 bar and then slowly ascended along the wall. Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Graeme Heard

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

49 minutes

Maximum depth

21.6 m

Average depth

14.0 m

Water temperature

17.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

12:24am

1.42m

Low

6:17am

0.56m

High

12:26pm

1.48m

Low

6:46pm

0.45m

Video

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.

Nudibranchs, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 8.2 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 17.8 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 17.9 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 21.3 m.
 

Sea anemone. 19.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 18.7 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 18.8 m.
 

Red brock sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 18.1 m.
 

Juvenile mosaic leatherjacket, Eubalichthys mosaicus. 18.1 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 15.6 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Chromodoris splendida. 7.1 m.