Dive at Marley Point, Royal National Park, NSW on 4/8/13 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

04 August, 2013

Time

8:47am - 9:35am

Details

We descended the anchor line, moved a bit closer to shore and then headed north along the reef. It was a beautful reef with lots of sponges and sea tulips (ascidians). We headed 50-100 metres north and then turned and came back to the anchor line.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

48 minutes

Maximum depth

22.4 m

Average depth

16.8 m

Water temperature

17.2°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

12:52am

0.50m

High

6:41am

1.25m

Low

12:14pm

0.57m

High

6:49pm

1.67m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

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.


Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus. 19.7 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus. 18 m.
 

Blue groper, Achoerodus viridis. 20.7 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 20.6 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 21.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 21.3 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 21.5 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 22.2 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 21.7 m.
 

Sea fan. 20.5 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus. 17.5 m.