Dive Details
Location
Date
30 March, 2013
Time
10:10am - 11:06am
Details
Entered at The Leap and as usual headed to the sand line. Found "Rosie", "Bob" and "Alain" at their new location. Found the basket star in its new location (just south of where it was before). Sheree found a weedy seadragon down on the sand.
"Southern Cross" and "Richie" were at their usual location but there was still no sign of "Kel". There was also a small octopus nearby.
Exited at The Steps.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Slight
Visibility
15 metres
Duration
55 minutes
Maximum depth
22.1 m
Average depth
15.3 m
Water temperature
22.1°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
5:15am
0.28m
High
11:20am
1.54m
Low
5:15pm
0.37m
High
11:38pm
1.81m
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, Glossodoris atromarginata. 15.2 m.
Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 20.7 m.
Biscuit star, Asterodiscides truncatus. 21.4 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 21.2 m.
Pot-bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Rosie" and "Bob"). 20.5 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Alain"). 21 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Alain"). 20.6 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Alain"). 20.8 m.
Pot-bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Rosie" and "Bob"). 20.5 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 18.4 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 21.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 21.1 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Southern Cross"). 18.3 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Richie"). 18.1 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Richie"). 17.8 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 18.9 m.
Stars and stripes leatherjacket, Meuschenia venusta. 17.1 m.
Stars and stripes leatherjacket, Meuschenia venusta. 17.3 m.
Nudibranchs, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 15.7 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 9.6 m.