Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

2015

Date

Saturday 3 September 2022

Time

10:03am - 11:58am

Seas

Moderate current and strong surge

Visibility

2 to 5 metres

Duration

115 minutes

Surface interval

 3 days 0:16 (days hh:mm)

Maximum depth

13.7 m

Average depth

10.2 m

Water temperature

16.2°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

12:32am

1.32m

Low

6:32am

0.55m

High

1:11pm

1.57m

Low

7:49pm

0.59m

Details

Entry was quite rough so I'd be getting in at The Steps but exiting at The Monument.

I jumped in with Chris, Jason, Michael, and Nyrelle. We drifted some way towards The Monument on the surface such that when we descended we were NW of the entry in the area where the weedies have been. I found a male Weedy with eggs almost immediately and after photographing him slowly headed back towards the entry assuming the others were following me. I turned to check and could see someone behind me. The second time I turned I could not see anyone. I headed back a bit but guess they headed straight to The Monument.

I continued past the entry towards the orange angler, the pygmies on Scarlet's Rock and looked for Scarlet and Cam. On the way I spotted one adult and one sub-adult Weedy near Baby's original location. At Jodi's Rock I could only find Scarlet who was in the sea tulips. I checked out the other pair of pygmies before heading to Noel&Di's Rock.

On Noel&Di's Rock, I found the two pairs of pygmies and then headed towards The Monument. I stopped at Jodi's Rock and finally found Cam in the kelp.

As I headed past the exit I saw the two weedies I'd seen before plus another one.

After the exit I found the same male Weedy with eggs. Further along I found another adult and another sub-adult with eggs. Along the sand line before Andrew's Entrance I found another male Weedy with eggs.

At the start of the deep wall I found a pair of courting weedies in the cave.

I found another weedy out from Split Rock.

I found my 11th Weedy for the dive out from Valley of the Pygmies.

I cut up the reef to the corner and ascended the wall doing my safety stop as I swam along the top of the wall. I exited near the channel in the rocks in front of the flagpoles.