Dive Details

Location

Date

26 January, 2013

Time

8:05am - 9:08am

Details

Entered the water at The Leap and went straight to the sand line. Moved north along the sand line to Seahorse Rock. No seahorses found. Checked out the low rock a bit further along but didn't find "Bob". Checked out the basket star in its usual spot.

Swam to "Southern Cross" rock and found her, with "Richie" and "Kel". "Kel" was very pregnant and looks like was ready to release the young at any time.

Swam up though the sponge covered boulders amongst the kelp looking for "Golden Girl" and anglers. Found neither.

Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

22.3 m

Average depth

15.0 m

Water temperature

20.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

2:13am

0.49m

High

8:44am

1.71m

Low

3:20pm

0.37m

High

9:14pm

1.32m

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, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 21.4 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 21.8 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 20.9 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 18.3 m.
 

Very pregnant male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Kel"). 17.8 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Southern Cross"). 17.8 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Richie"). 18.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 17.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 16.2 m.
 

Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 16.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 16 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 14.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 5.2 m.