Dive at Bare Island, La Perouse, NSW on Thursday 2 April 2015

Dive Details

Location

Date

Thursday 2 April 2015

Time

4:25pm - 5:59pm

Details

I got in on the northern side of the island just to the east of the "pool", descended and followed the sand line past the outboard motor and along over the shelf. Along the way I saw a few octopuses, including one that tried to take my camera while I was taking a photo of it.

I headed down the slope looking for pygmy pipehorses and found one near where I found one last Sunday. It may even be the same one. I took some photos of it, including with the fluoro gear.

I followed the slope down the corner and went around the corner in front of the caves. I went to the area where we'd seen the white and the pink pipehorses before hoping they'd be back but alas they weren't. I did find a squat lobster though. I have not seen one in Sydney before.

I turned can back around the corner and up the slope. I couldn't find the pygmy pipehorse I'd seen on the way down as I headed back.

I did my safety stop as I headed to the exit. I got out just near the ramp.

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

93 minutes

Maximum depth

14.8 m

Average depth

10.1 m

Water temperature

21.9°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

1:52am

0.55m

High

8:00am

1.56m

Low

2:17pm

0.46m

High

8:30pm

1.52m

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.