Dive at Shiprock, Port Hacking, NSW on Saturday 4 April 2015

Dive Details

Location

Date

Saturday 4 April 2015

Time

8:59am - 10:30am

Details

I went to Kurnell first hoping to dive at The Steps but the entry/exit looked too rough so I drove to Shiprock as I had plenty of time before high tide. I was surprised to not find anyone else at Shiprock getting ready to dive although I did see two divers heading down from the lower carpark.

I got in at the pool, swam out and descended the wall. I initially headed north as I was in early. The visibility was at least 10 metres and in some places up to 15 metres. It was amazing to be able to see much of the underwater landscape in one go.

After around 15 minutes I turned, headed south then west and followed the reef along. I didn't see much of interest so I turned and headed back. As I approached the pineapplefish cave I saw George, Paula and Fabio coming back the other way so I hung around with them for 30 minutes or so.

We swam all the way along the reef to the shallows and then turned and came back. I stayed with them until we were out from the pool then I did my safety stop and exited at the pool.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5 to 15 metres

Duration

90 minutes

Maximum depth

16.7 m

Average depth

10.6 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

3:06am

0.46m

High

9:12am

1.57m

Low

3:18pm

0.44m

High

9:33pm

1.63m

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.