Dive Details

Location

Date

Saturday 7 November 2015

Time

9:06am - 10:11am

Details

It was a lot calmer at Bare Island than I was expecting and so we were able to jump in on the west side of the island just south of the north west corner. We descended and swam at around 210° to the deep wall. We descended the wall and headed east for a while before turning and headed west along the wall. Visibility was 10 to 15 metres but it was under 16°C.

We came to the end of the wall and continued along the reef past where the seahorses used to be. We were hoping to find the seahorses further along the reef but didn't find them.

We turned and headed north towards the shallow wall. We hit this wall and followed it to the west, then north to the corner of the island at the caves. I had a quick look for the large pygmy pipehorse Kim and I had seen but the cold water was clouding my mind and I was a little disoriented.

We continued around the corner and I found the two white pygmy pipehorses (IL2015081402 and IL2015081403) in their usual location.

We continued up the slope and at the rock above Pygmy Rock I found the male pygmy (IL2015073104). I had a quick look for the female but I was cold and lost interest.

We headed to the rocks with the pink sea tulips but someone was already photographing the pygmy pipehorse there so we just continued to the top of the slope and started our safety stop as we headed to the exit.

After completing our safety stop we exited on the northern side of the island.

Buddy

Rosie

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

65 minutes

Maximum depth

18.5 m

Average depth

11.9 m

Water temperature

15.5°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

12:01am

0.50m

High

6:23am

1.39m

Low

12:26pm

0.62m

High

6:26pm

1.40m

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.

Red-lined bubble snail, Bullina lineata. 9.1 m.
 

Striped catfish, Plotosus lineatus. 17.2 m.
 

Striped catfish, Plotosus lineatus. 17.7 m.
 

Mosaic leatherjacket, Eubalichthys mosaicus. 17.9 m.
 

Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 18 m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 16.6 m.
 

Crested horn shark, Heterodontus galeatus. 18.2 m.
 

Crested horn shark, Heterodontus galeatus. 18.1 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 16.4 m.
 

Red indianfish, Pataecus fronto. 15.5 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.3 m.
 

Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2015081403). 12.6 m.
 

Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2015081402). 12.7 m.
 

Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2015073104). 10.4 m.
 

Green moray, Gymnothorax prasinus. 7 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 5.4 m.
 

Mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon. 5.4 m.
 

Stingaree. 4.7 m.
 

Eye of a stingaree. 4.7 m.