Dive Details

Location

Logged dive number

2426

Date

Saturday 16 May 2026

Time

7:16am - 9:16am

Seas

Moderate current and surge

Visibility

4 to 8 metres

Duration

120 minutes

Surface interval

 5 days 19:28 (days hh:mm)

Maximum depth

15.1 m

Average depth

10.9 m

Water temperature

19.6°C
                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEST

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

Low

1:32am

0.40m

High

7:29am

1.58m

Low

1:19pm

0.46m

High

7:50pm

2.03m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Number
  Fishes

 

 Antennariidae

 

Porophryne erythrodactylus

Red-fingered anglerfish

2

 

 Syngnathidae

 

Hippocampus abdominalis

Pot-bellied Seahorse

1

 

Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri

Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse

3

 

Maroubra perserrata

Sawtooth Pipefish

4

 

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Weedy Seadragon

8
  Sharks, Rays

 

 Orectolobidae

 

Orectolobus maculatus

Spotted Wobbegong

1
  Ophiuroids

 

 Gorgonocephalidae

 

Astrosierra amblyconus

Basket star

1

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.

Subadult Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Charlie"). 11.7m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Douglas"). 11.4m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus. 12.8m.
 

Basket star, Astrosierra amblyconus. 13.4m.
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14m..
 

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 14m..
 

Female Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. 13.9m..
 

Female Pot-Bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis, ("Vic"). 11.3m.
 

Subadult Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Jay"). 10.1m.
 

Red-fingered Anglerfish, Porophryne erythrodactylus, ("Wallace"). 13.9m.
 

Sawtooth Pipefish, Maroubra perserrata. 10.9m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Chester"). 10.4m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Hervé"). 9.9m.
 

Male Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Randy"). 11.3m.
 

Female Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, ("Laa-Laa"). 10m.