Dive Details

Location

Date

13 May, 2012

Time

11:35am - 12:40pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at The Leap and made our way down to the sand line. Swam along the sand line towards The Steps, stopping at Seahorse Rock where we found all three seahorses. Moved into slightly shallower water but still in sight of the sand line until we reached 100 bar and then made our way into shallower water. I got to play with and cuddle a giant cuttlefish with a mantle length of around 50 cm. Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Mo

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10+ metres

Duration

65 minutes

Maximum depth

21.7 m

Average depth

13.1 m

Water temperature

19.5°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

1:56am

1.59m

Low

8:45am

0.49m

High

2:59pm

1.35m

Low

8:43pm

0.74m

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.

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 20.6 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 20.4 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 20.3 m.
 

Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 20.7 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 15.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 12.6 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 10.1 m.
 

Eye of a giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 10 m.