Dive Details

Location

Date

28 July, 2012

Time

11:31am - 12:27pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at the little "bay" the the west of the "boat ramp". Header past the fin and down the "ramp" to the NW corner of the island. Turned at the corner and exited at the "boat ramp".

Buddy

Rick

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

55 minutes

Maximum depth

15.1 m

Average depth

9.5 m

Water temperature

15.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

3:12am

1.27m

Low

9:07am

0.50m

High

3:52pm

1.67m

Low

10:40pm

0.49m

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.

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 7 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 7.4 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 7.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 8.9 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 9.9 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 9.9 m.
 

Sea anemone, Anthothoe albocincta. 13.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 13.2 m.
 

Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 13.3 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 10.4 m.
 

Sergeant baker, Aulopus purpurissatus. 7.9 m.