Dive Details

Location

Date

Sunday 5 February 2017

Time

11:35am - 1:07pm

Details

We jumped in at The Steps, descended to the sand line and turned left towards The Monument. Visibility was around 5 metres and there was very little surge. The water temperature was around 22°C.

I stayed just above the sand line looking for the grey red-fingered angler I'd seen previously and was fortunate enough to find it again. I pointed it out to the others.

We continued along the sand line and just past Block Rock I spotted Mike's black painted angler. While I was in the area Mike pointed out a Tambja verconis nudibranch on some algae.

We drifted and swam past the deep wall and in the kelp I found a small giant cuttlefish and a rock flathead. We swam on to Split Rock and I looked for the yellow White's seahorse bit couldn't find it.

We kept on and just past Split Rock I found two pygmy pipehorses on the low rock where I've seen them before. A little further on I saw another pair I have seen on previous dives. I then got to the rock with the sponge and the four pygmy pipehorses. I was only able to find three: one of the dark males, the pink female, and the cryptic female. The darker male was missing.

I swam up to the sponge covered rock where the other grey red-fingered has been and found it immediately. After taking a few photographs I headed back to the sponge with the three pygmy pipehorses. I then found another male on an adjacent rock and a pair on the next rock. I moved between the three groups for a while before heading for shallower water via the grey red-fingered angler.

I exited at the point and waited for Mike to get out.

Buddy

Mike Scotland

Seas

Slight

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

91 minutes

Maximum depth

12.3 m

Average depth

10.7 m

Water temperature

21.3°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

3:43am

1.55m

Low

10:08am

0.55m

High

4:07pm

1.31m

Low

10:14pm

0.50m