Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 12/10/13

Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 12/10/13 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

12 October, 2013

Time

12:54pm - 2:27pm

Details

Entered at the bay around the corner from the flagpoles and descended part way to the sand line. The aim was to start at split rick where I had seen the yellow form of an undescribed angler ("Beverley") on the previous dive. We ended up a bit further south-east of split rock and Sheree found another yellow form undescribed angler (now called "Oliver"). We then headed to split rock and found "Beverley" in the same spot as the previous dive.

After split rock we headed north-west along the reef in search of seahorses, anglers and anything else interesting. We stayed relatively deep checking out the large sponge covered rocks on the sand-line. We cut the corner a bit and went back to the sand line around the corner. Not far around the corner, I spotted yet another tiny painted angler ("Angus"). This is the 4th we've found in the last few weeks.

Shortly after "Angus" we ascended to the top of the wall to look for an undescribed angler that Ian had spotted on his two previous dives in the area. We didn't have to go far along the wall before we found an angler which we believe is the same one, which Ian has called "Little Jennie".

After the angler we headed towards the beach to exit. As we swam up the path through the kelp I found two Jorunna sp. nudibranchs with eggs.

We exited at the beach in front of the flagpoles.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Duration

92 minutes

Maximum depth

14.1 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

19.1°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

2:48am

1.23m

Low

8:30am

0.57m

High

3:03pm

1.59m

Low

9:58pm

0.39m

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.