Dive Details
Location
Date
Sunday 13 March 2016
Time
10:20am - 11:58am
Buddy
Mike Scotland
Seas
Slight
Visibility
3 to 8 metres
Duration
98 minutes
Maximum depth
21.2 m
Average depth
14.3 m
Water temperature
17.9°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Botany Bay AEDT
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
12:14am
1.77m
Low
6:34am
0.31m
High
12:42pm
1.57m
Low
6:45pm
0.40m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D
Housing
Ikelite 6812.3
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.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha purpureolineata. 20.4 m.
Nudibranch, Miamira magnifica. 20.6 m.
Giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. 19.3 m.
Juvenile weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (PT2016011701). 18.1 m.
Striped catfish, Plotosus lineatus. 16.9 m.
Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (PT2014030901). 16.1 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016021002). 12.6 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016021002). 12.6 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016021002). 12.7 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016022102). 12.7 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016022102). 12.4 m.
Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016022101). 12.5 m.
Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2015072601). 12.9 m.
Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 13.4 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Noel"). 12.5 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Arnold"). 12.7 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Noel"). 12.6 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Rosie"). 12.5 m.
Male Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016022901). 13.4 m.
Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016030602). 13.1 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Rosie"). 12.5 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Daniel"). 13.3 m.
Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016030602). 13.2 m.
Female Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2016030602). 13.2 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Daniel"). 13.4 m.
Nudibranch, Nembrotha purpureolineata. 13.2 m.
Male pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Mikhail"). 10.9 m.
Female pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Di"). 10.7 m.