Dive Details

Location

Date

20 December, 2013

Time

8:18pm - 10:22pm

Details

We walked in from the beach at the western end of the netted area and waded and then swam out to the nets. On the way, Sheree found a tiny octopus in a shell.

We headed east along the nets checking for seahorses and also checking along the sand. When we got to the eastern end we headed out into the middle over the sand looking for interesting creatures.

We saw a number of southern dumpling squids of different sizes, including a tiny one, a blue-lined octopus, many southern calamari squid, a few blue-swimmer crabs, and pygmy leatherjackets of various sizes.

I tried to get some video of the blue-lined octopus but it was difficult with the surge.

We exited at the same point we got in.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

121 minutes

Maximum depth

2.0 m

Average depth

1.5 m

Water temperature

24.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

4:20am

0.53m

High

10:49am

1.72m

Low

5:27pm

0.38m

High

11:27pm

1.29m

Video

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.

Tiny octopus in a shell. 1.8 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 1.5 m.
 

Tiny predatory polychaete. 1.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium poindimiei. 1.8 m.
 

Prawn, Melicertus sp. 1.8 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis. 1.5 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis. 1.5 m.
 

Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 1.5 m.
 

Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1.6 m.
 

Flathead, Platycephalus sp. 1.6 m.
 

Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1.6 m.
 

Blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus. 1.5 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis, with prey. 1 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis, with prey. 1 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis. 1 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis. 1 m.
 

Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1.2 m.
 

Souther calamri squid, Sepioteuthis australis. 1.8 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.9 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.9 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 2 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.9 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.9 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.8 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.8 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.9 m.
 

Blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata. 1.8 m. m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 1.8 m.
 

Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1 m.
 

Southern dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica. 1.1 m.