Dive Details

Location

Date

01 April, 2013

Time

12:18pm - 1:31pm

Details

Entered via the small bay around the corner to the right at The Monument and went straight to the rock where "Lisa" and her two males live. There was no sign of "Lisa" or "Kimi" and only "Fernando" was visible.

Headed towards The Steps in search of other seahorses and anything else of interest. I found a new male, "Trevor" and Sheree found a new female, "Honey". I managed to get both left and right profile photographs of each which will make identification much easier. "Honey" has a piece taken from her right side. Hopefully, it will heal over time.

Headed back for one last search for "Lisa" but didn't find her. Exited on the rocks to the north west of the entry point.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15 metres

Duration

72 minutes

Maximum depth

13.6 m

Average depth

10.8 m

Water temperature

24.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

12:29am

1.77m

Low

7:09am

0.36m

High

1:09pm

1.36m

Low

6:53pm

0.52m

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.

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Fernando"). 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 12.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 10.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.1 m.
 

Velvet sea star, Petricia vernicina. 9.9 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Trevor"). 10.6 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Trevor"). 10.2 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Honey"). 11.3 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Honey"). 10.8 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Trevor"). 10.5 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis ("Trevor"). 10.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.4 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Aphelodoris varia. 12.5 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 12.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.6 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Fernando"). 11.7 m.