Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 7/7/12 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

07 July, 2012

Time

11:40am - 12:43pm

Details

Club dive with St George Underwater Centre.

Entered at the beach to the west of the flag poles and rode the outgoing tide around the corner. Exited at the usual entry point.

Buddy

Graeme Heard

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

56 minutes

Maximum depth

13.6 m

Average depth

9.7 m

Water temperature

14.4°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

5:00am

0.29m

High

11:04am

1.45m

Low

4:46pm

0.52m

High

11:05pm

1.76m

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.


Stingaree. 8.1 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 11.1 m.
 

Mosaic sea star, Plectaster decanus. 10.9 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.3 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.6 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.4 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.4 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.6 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.8 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. 11.6 m.