Dive Details

Location

Date

Saturday 9 April 2016

Time

7:32am - 8:46am

Details

I got in the water from the beach up near the rocks and swam out while gradually descending. At around 10 metres I hit current and drifted with it along the reef towards the marina. I then worked my way shallower and came back. I zig-zagged across the reef, ascending a bit each time, until I hit around 6 metres. I did my saftey stop and surfaced on the point.

Seas

Slight

Visibility

3 to 5 metres

Duration

74 minutes

Maximum depth

13.8 m

Average depth

8.7 m

Water temperature

20.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Port Stephens AEST

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

Low

3:36am

0.15m

High

9:48am

1.68m

Low

3:45pm

0.22m

High

10:10pm

1.90m

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, Polycera capensis. 11 m.
 

Juvenile Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 13.6 m.
 

Decorator crab, Hyastenus elatus. 13.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Cratena lineata. 12.6 m.
 

Reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus. 12.7 m.
 

Common Sydney octopus, Octopus tetricus. 9.6 m.
 

Juvenile spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus. 10.5 m.
 

Juvenile dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris, and juvenile Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri. 9.4 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 6.9 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7.1 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
 

Juvenile thorny-back cowfish, Lactoria fornasini. 7 m.
 

Juvenile thread-fin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 5.9 m.