Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

1888

Date

Wednesday 17 March 2021

Time

7:49am - 9:30am

Buddy

Mandy Durand, Lynne Tuck

Seas

Strong current and surge

Visibility

5 to 10 metres

Duration

100 minutes

Surface interval

 2 days 21:30 (days hh:mm)

Maximum depth

13.2 m

Average depth

10.8 m

Water temperature

21°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Garmin Descent Mk1

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

Low

5:35am

0.53m

High

11:42am

1.47m

Low

5:43pm

0.53m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D500

Lens

Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED

Housing

Ikelite 6812.5

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobe(s)

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.

Pair of Upside-down Pipefish, Heraldia nocturna. 11.5m.
 

Juvenile Red Wide-bodied Pipefish, Stigmatopora harastii. 11.1m.
 

Juvenile Red Wide-bodied Pipefish, Stigmatopora harastii. 11.1m.
 

Juvenile Red Wide-bodied Pipefish, Stigmatopora harastii. 11.2m.
 

Eastern Frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius. 11m.
 

Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish, Vanacampus margaritifer. 12m.
 

Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish, Vanacampus margaritifer. 11.9m.
 

Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish, Vanacampus margaritifer. 11.8m.
 

Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish, Vanacampus margaritifer. 11.9m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031101). 11.6m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031702). 12m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031701). 12m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 11.5m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031402). 11.1m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031401). 11.1m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021022802). 11.8m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021022803). 11.8m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031403). 12.1m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031703). 12m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021022801). 12.1m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021022804). 11.1m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Mandy"). 11.1m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Mandy"). 11m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 10.6m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 10.6m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 10.9m.
 

Eggs of Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Alana"). 12.2m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Ben"). 12.3m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri, (IL2021031404). 12.4m.