Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

1976

Date

Saturday 26 February 2022

Time

1:37pm - 3:18pm

Seas

Moderate current and strong surge

Visibility

0.5 to 5 metres

Duration

101 minutes

Surface interval

 6 days 2:3 (days hh:mm)

Maximum depth

13.2 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

16°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Garmin Descent Mk1

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

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

High

5:07am

1.65m

Low

12:07pm

0.48m

High

6:05pm

1.22m

Low

11:35pm

0.62m

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.

Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 10.7m.
 

Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris. 10.8m.
 

Upside-down Pipefish, Heraldia nocturna. 11m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Scarlet"). 10.4m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Scarlet"). 10.7m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 10.9m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 10.1m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 10.3m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0230). 12.3m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0230). 12.2m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 11.6m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 11.4m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Cam"). 10m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lily"). 10m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Cam"). 10.2m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Olivia"). 10.6m.
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 11m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 11m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Tiny Tim"). 11.3m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Little Richard"). 11.3m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0100). 12.9m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0100). 13m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lily"). 10.4m.
 

Female Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Lily"). 10.3m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Cam"). 10.4m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0230). 12.4m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0230). 12.4m.
 

Pair of Upside-down Pipefish, Heraldia nocturna. 10.8m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0195). 9.8m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0195). 9.8m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0234). 10.8m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0237). 9.9m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0237). 9.4m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0126). 9.8m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0126). 10.2m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0136). 11m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0136). 11.2m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0218). 11.1m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0218). 10.9m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0134). 11.2m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Baby"). 10.9m.
 

Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, (NSW-0229). 11.4m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Mark"). 11.1m.
 

Male Pot-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Maurice"). 11.1m.
 

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