Dive Details
Location
Date
05 October, 2013
Time
7:45am - 9:04am
Details
We entered at The Steps and went straight down to the sand line. We followed the sand line along to the anglers and saw two weedy seadragons on the way.
Both anglers, "Little Andrew" and "Big John" were at the location we'd seen them at last weekend and were quite easy to find. "Big John"'s camouflage is excellent but if you know what to look for he can be found without too much trouble.
After leaving the anglers we continued on towards The Leap to find the Miamira magnifica nudibranch. When we arrived at its location it was nowhere to be seen. We waited a short while and it climbed out from under a rock. It was still quite early so perhaps it spends the night under cover.
We headed further towards The Leap, past the basket star and the high sponge covered rock. We saw more weedy seadragons on the way. We turned and headed back to The Steps visiting the M. magnifica and the anglers on the way. We exited at The Steps.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Surgy
Visibility
5-10 metres
Duration
78 minutes
Maximum depth
15.5 m
Average depth
12.3 m
Water temperature
17.9°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
1:53am
0.29m
High
8:07am
1.64m
Low
2:18pm
0.30m
High
8:24pm
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.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.8 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.9 m.
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew"). 13.1 m.
Undescribed angler ("Big John"). 12.3 m.
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 12.9 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 13.8 m.
Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 13.5 m.
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 14.2 m.
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 14.2 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 14.2 m.
Pygmy leatherjackets, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 14.3 m.
Pygmy leatherjackets, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 13.8 m.
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 15.1 m.
Red brick sea star, Pentagonaster duebeni. 14 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 14.2 m.
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 13.9 m.
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13.3 m.
Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 13.4 m.
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew"). 13.1 m.
Undescribed angler ("Big John"). 11.6 m.
Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 6.4 m.