Dive Details

Location

Date

Sunday 14 June 2015

Time

9:58am - 11:18am

Details

I jumped in at The Steps and swam against the outgoing tide to The Monument and back. The current was quite strong and I stuck to the sand line for most of the way. The visibility was between 5 and 10 metres most of the way although it might have been a bit less than 5 metres at The Monument when I turned around. I encountered 4 weedy seadragons on the way to The Monument. Three I had seen before and one I don't believe I have seen previously.

At The Monument I tried to find "Rosie" on the rock she'd moved to but I could not. I searched around the area and still could not find her.

Once I turned I was able to ride the outgoing tide back to The Steps. I saw three of the weedy seadragons on the way back. I did my safety stop in front of the exit and then exited at The Steps.

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

80 minutes

Maximum depth

11.8 m

Average depth

9.7 m

Water temperature

16.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

12:20am

0.45m

High

6:14am

1.48m

Low

12:07pm

0.43m

High

6:40pm

1.87m

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.

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.7 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.6 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.8 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.1 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 10.7 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.3 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11.2 m.
 

Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus. 11 m.