Dive Details

Location

Date

Monday 11 September 2017

Time

8:47am - 9:13am

Details

I wasn't sure if the conditions would have imporved after the weekend's rough weather but Malcolm was keen for a dive so we met at The Steps. The water looked quite milky but we decided to give it a go.

We walked down the stairs at The Steps and along the rocks to the protected area two thirds of the way to The Monument. It looked a little choppy but the entry was quite easy. The visibility did not look good at all. We were quite some way out by the time we descended and ended up on the sand. Visibility was only around one metre and so it was going to be an unpleasant dive.

Using my compass, I navigated us back to the rocks and we followed them towards The Monument. It was very difficult to recognise where we were. Every now and then I thought I knew where we were but the rocks we encountered subsequently were not familiar.

We swam along for 20 minutes or so before giving up and moving to shallow water before surfacing near the point. We got out on the rocks.

Buddy

Malcom Nobbs

Seas

Slight

Visibility

1 metre

Duration

25 minutes

Maximum depth

12.4 m

Average depth

9.0 m

Water temperature

16.3°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

5:27am

0.38m

High

11:48am

1.63m

Low

6:06pm

0.44m