Dive Details

Location

Date

06 October, 2013

Time

9:08am - 10:37am

Details

We entered at The Steps, descended to the sand line and headed towards The Monument. Along the way we looked for seahorses but only saw a weedy seadragon and a few Port Jackson sharks.

I looked very carefully for "Honey" and her usual location but could not find her. The tiny painted angler, "Little Sebastien", was in his usual location.

We moved on from there continuing along the sand line looking for seahorses. On the corner at The Monument we headed in and up from the sand line to see if the other painted angler, "Little George", was around but I couldn't find him. I did find a White's seahorse which was unusual for Kurnell.

We headed along the wall and then through and over the kelp near the beach where we exited.

Buddy

Peter Jaques

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

87 minutes

Maximum depth

14.3 m

Average depth

10.3 m

Water temperature

18.1°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bat AEDT

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

Low

3:28am

0.28m

High

9:46am

1.70m

Low

4:02pm

0.27m

High

10:07pm

1.55m

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.

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 11.3 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.7 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.6 m.
 

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portusjacksoni. 12 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 12.3 m.
 

Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, "(Little Sebastien"). 12.4 m.
 

Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, "(Little Sebastien"). 12.4 m.
 

Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, "(Little Sebastien") with my finger for scale. 12.4 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 11 m.
 

Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, "(Little Sebastien"). 12.2 m.
 

Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, "(Little Sebastien"). 12.2 m.
 

Red rock cod, Scorpaena cardinalis. 12.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Aphelodoris varia. 11.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11 m.
 

Female White's seahorse, Hippocampus whitei. 10.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium poindimiei. 11.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium poindimiei. 11.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 2.9 m.
 

Red-lined bubble snail, Bullina lineata. 2.7 m.