Dive Details
Location
Date
08 September, 2013
Time
9:06am - 10:09am
Details
We swam down the anchor line to the anchor which was amongst the rock 20 metres from the cave. We swam to the cave and there were two grey nurse sharks and a number of Port Jackson sharks in the cave. We watched the sharks for a while. I then swam to the right to see if the giant cuttlefish I'd seen last time was still there. It was. When I turned back, everyone had gone.
I then headed to the left to look for the resident wobbegong in the hole. It was there and there were a few more around as well.
I headed out and down to the sand line where I found a large number (20-40) Port Jackson sharks sitting on the sand. I believe they were females waiting to lay their eggs. Many of them were quite fat.
I moved north-west and came across a small wobbegong and two weedy seadragons. I then swam back to the cave and then north-west to look for more giant cuttlefish. I found another 3.
I then swam back to the anchor but couldn't find it and so did a short safety stop in mid-water and surface 20 metres from the boat.
Seas
Choppy
Visibility
10 metres
Duration
63 minutes
Maximum depth
23.3 m
Average depth
16.7 m
Water temperature
18.3°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
3:38am
0.30m
High
9:54am
1.60m
Low
4:01pm
0.36m
High
10:08pm
1.56m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D7000
Lens
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter
Housing
Ikelite 6801.70
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51
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.
Common bulleyes, Pempheris multiradiata. 15.7 m.
Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 15.4 m.
Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus. 15.4 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 15.9 m.
Striped catfish, Plotosus lineatus. 15.2 m.
Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes. 15.1 m.
Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 14.9 m.
Yellow-tail scad, Trachurus novaezelandiae. 16.7 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 22.2 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 22.6 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 22.5 m.
Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 22.5 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 22.9 m.
Spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 22 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 21.6 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 21.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 22 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 16.3 m.