Dive at The Monument, Kurnell, NSW on 15/12/13

Dive Details

Location

Date

15 December, 2013

Time

7:42am - 9:14am

Details

We entered at the little bay around the corner from the flagpoles, swam out some way and then descended to the reef. We ended up right on Split Rock.

After a quick look I found "Beverley", the orange form undescribed angler, on the rock next to Split Rock (towards The Steps). I looked around for the other two anglers, "Oliver" and "Jean" but could not find them.

We headed towards The Steps. I looked all around the area where we'd seen the seahorses "Honey", "Lisa", and "Trevor" but did not see them or any other seahorses. A lit bit further on towards The Steps we spied a weedy seadragon. I'm sure it is the same one we've seen on the other side of The Steps because it is missing the appendage on its head.

I then started looking for "Little Sebastien", the little yellow painted angler. It wasn't on its usual rock but I found what I believe is "Little Sebastien" on the next rock (closer to The Monument). It appears to have grown in the 4 weeks since we last saw it.

We headed back towards The Steps. Passed the wall we had another look around for the orange form undescribed anglers. I managed to find "Jean" but not "Oliver". I also found "Beverley" again. Back at Split Rock I found a reaper cuttlefish who was very photogenic.

We swam to the corner, looking for anglers and seahorses but found none. We swam up the slope where we'd seen the seahorses, "Jaques", "Jill", and "Jackson" and then up to where we'd seen "Little George", the orange angler, and continued around the corner.

Once around the corner, we swam along the wall until the landmark for "Angus", the tiny orange painted angler, and swam straight to it at the base of the wall. Its left pupil was still dilated but the right one appeared normal.

We swam along the top of the wall to the gap in the kelp and then swam to the beach to exit.

Buddy

Wayne Ladkin

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

91 minutes

Maximum depth

14.1 m

Average depth

10.0 m

Water temperature

21.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

1:10am

0.48m

High

7:45am

1.68m

Low

2:24pm

0.43m

High

8:14pm

1.28m

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.