Dive Details
Location
Date
07 October, 2013
Time
9:05am - 10:14am
Details
Entered at The Leap and descended to the sand line. Moved with the incoming tide towards The Steps. We found "Kel", "Bob" and "Rosie" on the rock behind Seahorse Rock. They were pretty much attached to the same sponges they were the previous week.
We moved on to "Southern Cross", finding her, "Pierre" and "Richie". We continued on towards The Steps and encountered at least 5 weedy seadragons, including two juveniles and a male with eggs.
On the way to the basket star I found a velvetfish on the sand. The basket star was in its usual location on the sponge as was the Miamira magnifica nudibranch. The anglers, "Little Andrew" and "Big John" were also in their usual locations. We exited at The Steps.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Slight
Visibility
15 metres
Duration
68 minutes
Maximum depth
21.9 m
Average depth
15.1 m
Water temperature
17.2°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
4:06am
0.29m
High
10:28am
1.75m
Low
4:50pm
0.26m
High
10:53pm
1.49m
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. 20.6 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Rosie"). 20.6 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Bob"). 20.5 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Kel"). 20.4 m.
Anemone. 19.9 m.
Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 19.4 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Pierre"). 18.2 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Southern Cross"). 18.4 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Southern Cross"). 18.1 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Richie"). 18.3 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.6 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.6 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.6 m.
Eggs on the tail of a male weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.3 m.
Eggs on the tail of a male weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 18.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 17.8 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 17.9 m.
Velvetfish, Aploactisoma milesii. 16.1 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 14.1 m.
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 14.1 m.
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew"). 13.3 m.
Tiny painted angler, Antennarius pictus, ("Little Andrew") with my finger for scale. 13.2 m.
Undescribed angler ("Big John")12.1 m.