Dive Details

Location

Date

Sunday 6 September 2015

Time

10:51am - 12:12pm

Details

Club dive with SubAquatic and birthday dive for Nicci Johnson.

We got in at the little bay around the corner from the flagpoles. After waiting for the other divers to get in, we descended to the sponge gardens. We pottered around there for a while before heading to the sand line and then following the wall towards The Steps.

We went a little beyond the area where "Honey" used to be and turned and came back closer to the shore. As we were coming back I got left behind and continued the dive on my own.

I headed all the way to the two rocks with the Carijoa soft coral hoping to find the seahorse others have seen but couldn't find it. I worked my way back to the entry point and exited where we got in.

Buddy

Evan

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

81 minutes

Maximum depth

13.1 m

Average depth

10.2 m

Water temperature

16.5°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

High

2:21am

1.23m

Low

8:14am

0.57m

High

2:48pm

1.56m

Low

9:39pm

0.53m

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.

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 9.9 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 10.1 m.
 

Sea hare, Elysia ornata. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Okenia hallucigenia. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha purpureolineata. 11.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha purpureolineata. 11.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium poindimiei. 12 m.
 

Pygmy leatherjacket, Brachaluteres jacksonianus. 12 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris angasi. 12 m.