Dive Details
Location
Date
18 April, 2014
Time
9:04am - 10:07am
Details
The conditions were meant to be rough today with a 2 metre swell but it didn't look all that bad at The Steps. There were some waves coming in at the entrance which would have made an exit tricky but the entrance was a breeze.
We descended to the sand line and headed towards The Monument. The visibility was remarkably good and up to 15 metres, although there was a bit of particulate matter in the water which is not conducive to photography. Along the way we saw 5-6 weedy seadragons. Surprisingly, we didn't see any cephalopods at all: no cuttlefish or octopus and not even any squid in mid water. We also didn't see any anglers.
Sheree did find a Nembrotha lineolata. This was only the second time we'd ever seen one and the first time in Sydney. We saw the other one in Raja Ampat.
We exited on the corner at The Monument.
Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Surgy
Visibility
10-15 metres
Duration
63 minutes
Maximum depth
12.7 m
Average depth
9.9 m
Water temperature
22.7°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEST
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
4:20am
0.35m
High
10:22am
1.46m
Low
4:07pm
0.47m
High
10:34pm
1.81m
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.
Juvenile Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 9.1 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.5 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.6 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.7 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris splendida. 11 m.
Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 11.6 m.
Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 10.5 m.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha lineolata. 12.1 m.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha lineolata. 12 m.