Dive Details

Location

Date

01 January, 2013

Time

10:28am - 11:49am

Details

Entered near the north-western tip of the island and descended to the sand. Headed west to the corner and then down the "ramp". We went around the corner and then out to the west reef. We returned by the same route and exited near the bridge.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni, Peter Jaques

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-8 metres

Duration

79 minutes

Maximum depth

16.9 m

Average depth

10.9 m

Water temperature

18.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

5:06am

0.51m

High

11:30am

1.70m

Low

6:05pm

0.36m

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, Ceratosoma amoena. 8.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 8 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.1 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 9.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris hunterae. 9.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris thompsoni. 11.5 m.
 

Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 12.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 13.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 13.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 13.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma brevicaudatum. 13.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris obscura. 14.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Neodoris chrysoderma. 14.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris obscura. 14.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 8.5 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 8.1 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 3.7 m.