Dive Details

Location

Date

05 January, 2013

Time

11:36am - 12:45pm

Details

Entered at The Leap and went straight to the sand line. Headed north slowly along the sand line looking for anglerfish and also the cowrie. Found the cowrie but no anglers. Carefully checked Seahorse Rock but found no seahorses. Found "Bob" on his new low rock. No sign of "Rosie".

Checked for the basket star on its usual sponge and then found "Southern Cross", "Kel" and "Richie".

Carefully searched through the sponge covered rocks amongst the kelp up from the sand line closer to The Steps. We didn't find any anglerfish or seahorses. Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

68 minutes

Maximum depth

21.3 m

Average depth

15.2 m

Water temperature

15.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

2:37am

1.41m

Low

8:37am

0.61m

High

2:38pm

1.39m

Low

9:01pm

0.44m

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.

Nudibranchs, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 14.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 20 m.
 

Spindle cowrie, Phenacovolva sp. 20 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 20.7 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Bob"). 20.1 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 17.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 17.8 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Southern Cross"). 17.2 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Kel"). 17.2 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Richie"). 17.2 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 15.8 m.