Dive Details
Location
Date
04 October, 2013
Time
6:57pm - 9:00pm
Details
Entered at the beach next to the pool and headed along the nets under the pier. Came across a southern dumpling squid almost immediately. There were also a few seahorses on the nets, as to be expected.
We followed the nets along and went around the corner a bit and then back under the pier into deeper water. There were quite a few Plocamorpherus imperialis nudibranchs as well as other nudibranchs, seahorses and striped pyjama squid.
After spending some time in a bit deeper water, we came shallow again and headed west beside the nets. I found a ghost shrimp that kept burying itself and Sheree found a seamoth. I had never seen one before. We followed the net to the west until it started to turn north and then returned. There were quite a few striped pyjama squid out on the sand.
When we got back to the pier we slowly made our way back to the beach to exit.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Surgy
Visibility
3-5 metres
Duration
123 minutes
Maximum depth
9.3 m
Average depth
4.6 m
Water temperature
17.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Sydney (Fort Denison) AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
1:15am
0.30m
High
7:28am
1.55m
Low
1:33pm
0.32m
High
7:40pm
1.59m
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.
Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1.8 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 2.2 m.
Bubble snail, Hydatina physis. 2.6 m.
Red-line bibble snail, Bullina lineata. 3.2 m.
Nudibranchs, Aphelodoris varia. 2.5 m.
Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 3.2 m.
Nudibranchs, Dendrodoris denisoni. 4 m.
Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 4 m.
Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 4.6 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 5.3 m.
Nudibranch, Plocamorpherus imperialis. 6.8 m.
Nudibranch, Plocamorpherus imperialis. 7.4 m.
White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.1 m.
White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 9.2 m.
Flathead, Platycephalus sp. 9 m.
Nudibranch, Dendrodoris arborescens. 7.8 m.
Nudibranch, Dendrodoris denisoni. 7.4 m.
White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 7.5 m.
Nudibranch, Plocamorpherus imperialis. 7.3 m.
Red-line bibble snail, Bullina lineata. 7.4 m.
Southern peacock sole, Pardachirus hedleyi. 7.3 m.
Predatory polychaete. 6.7 m.
Predatory polychaete. 6.8 m.
Predatory polychaete. 6.8 m.
Predatory polychaete. 6.7 m.
Nudibranch, Hoplodoris nodulosa. 5.8 m.
White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 5.4 m.
Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 4.3 m.
Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 4.9 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 4.9 m.
Ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis. 5.1 m.
Slender seamoth, Pegasus volitans. 5.3 m.
Nudibranch, Plocamorpherus imperialis. 3.9 m.
Pleuropbranch, Pleurobranchus peroni. 4.1 m.
Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 4.2 m.
Nudibranch, Hoplodoris nodulosa. 4.3 m.
Eastern frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 4.5 m.
Striped pyjama squid, Sepioloidea lineolata. 2 m.