Dive Details

Location

Date

18 May, 2013

Time

1:28pm - 2:54pm

Details

Entered at The Steps and went straight down to the sand line. Found two weedy seadragons almost immediately. Shortly after I found a small juvenile keyhole angelfish, Centropyge tibicen, but it disappeared before I had a chance to photograph it.

We followed the sand line all the way to The Monument looking for seahorses along the way. Found "Honey" and "Trevor" in their usual spots.

We stumbled on a juvenile weedy seadragon between "Honey" and "Fernando". "Fernando" was on his usual rock but was more out in the open than he usually is. Still no sign of "Lisa" or "Kimi".

Turned at 100 bar and headed back to The Steps in along the boulder wall. Sheree and Peter found a moorish idol on the way. Near the exit I found two juvenile triggerfish, a Rhineacanthus rectangularus and a Sufflamen chrysopterus but both hid in ledges before I could get decent photos of them.

The exit at The Steps was a bit hairy as the swell had picked up a bit.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10 metres

Duration

85 minutes

Maximum depth

13.1 m

Average depth

9.4 m

Water temperature

19.7°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

1:28am

1.50m

Low

8:18am

0.57m

High

2:34pm

1.30m

Low

8:15pm

0.79m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 9.5 m.
 

Juvenile red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 11.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 12 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Honey"). 11.5 m.
 

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Trevor"). 10.7 m.
 

Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Honey"). 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 11.8 m.
 

Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 12.1 m.
 

Juvenile weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 13.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11.9 m.
 

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

Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Fernando"). 11.6 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus Octopus tetricus. 4.5 m.
 

Juvenile half-moon triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterus. 3.5 m.