Dive Details

Location

Date

04 May, 2013

Time

11:10am - 12:16pm

Details

Entered at The Leap about an hour after low tide. The seas were flat and the visibility was pretty good considering it was so close to low tide.

Went straight down to the sand line and found a cuttlefish to play with. Headed towards The Steps. Found no seahorses at Seahorse Rock but found, "Rosie", "Bob" and "Kel" at the rock behind Seahorse Rock. "Bob" had moved locations again.

Found more cuttlefish and Sheree found two cowries on our way to "Southern Cross". Both "Southern Cross" and "Richie" were there as well as a mystery fish. It looks a bit like a velvet fish but it's pectoral didn't look right.

Continued on our way to The Steps at the sand line and eventually moved up towards the rocks. Found the basket star on the way. Exited at The Steps.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

66 minutes

Maximum depth

21.4 m

Average depth

14.9 m

Water temperature

20.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

3:30am

1.58m

Low

10:06am

0.45m

High

4:24pm

1.45m

Low

10:23pm

0.64m

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.

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 20.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 20.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 19.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tasmaniensis. 19.7 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Rosie"). 19.5 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Bob"). 19.4 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Kel"). 19.5 m.
 

Dwarf lionfish,Dendrochirus brachypterus. 19.6 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 17.6 m.
 

Cowrie, Primovula rosewateri. 19.2 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 18.5 m.
 

Cowrie, Phenacovolva. 18.9 m.
 

Mystery fish. 17.6 m.
 

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

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Southern Cross"). 17.6 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 16.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 10.8 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 10.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 8.5 m.