Dive Details

Location

Date

28 November, 2013

Time

2:55pm - 4:13pm

Details

We entered at the bay around the corner from the flagpoles and descended to the sponge garden. The visibility on the surface was poor but it improved once we got a bit depth. A quick look around the rocks near the sponge garden and I found "Oliver" and Sheree found "Jean", the two orange form undescribed anglers.

We headed towards The Steps to look for "Sebastien", the tiny painted angler. The visibility seemed to improve even more. We got to the rock where we've seen "Sebastien" many times before but could not locate him. We turned and headed back to The Monument.

We checked "Jean" and "Oliver" out again and then tried to find the other orange form undescribed angler, "Beverley" but could not find it. We kept on towards the corner, also looking for "Lesley", the tiny red painted angler, but could not find it either.

We swam around the corner and along the base of the wall. I was looking for "Angus", the orange painted angler, and Sheree was swimming above me when a medium sized ray nearly swam straight into my head - or I nearly swam into it. Clearly neither of us were watching where we were going.

We ascended the wall and swam along the top until we found the gap in the kelp and swam towards the flagpoles, exiting near the beach.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

76 minutes

Maximum depth

13.5 m

Average depth

9.7 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

5:07am

1.38m

Low

11:13am

0.65m

High

5:10pm

1.35m

Low

11:27am

0.45m

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.

Undescribed angler ("Oliver"). 9.7 m.
 

Undescribed angler ("Jean"). 9.4 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 11.4 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bennetti. 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ceratosoma amoena. 9.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium poindimiei. 12.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris angasi. 10.4 m.