Mike jones
Australia
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Nº57
Date: 2012-10-06 - 09:42
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Max Depth: 22.5m Duration: 35mins
Dive Location
- Dive type : photo, Shark, Boat
- Temp: Surf 17°C Bottom 16°C
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- BCD: Oceanic - Excursion 2
- Camera: Sealife - DC1400
- Regulator: Oceanic - Delta 4.2
- Regulator: Oceanic - CDX5 First Stage
- Camera: GoPro - Hero
- Computer: Oceanic - Geo 2.0
- Weights: 8.5 Kg
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Dive Profile
- Tank nº1
- Steel, 11L
- AIR mix
- Pressure: start: 200bar
end: 90bar - SAC: 1.31 bar/min
- RMV: 14.41 L/min
Data provided by EOL.org
Species Identified
Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) (Wrasse)
Found in coastal rocky areas at depths to about 40 m . Max. length for female species . Protogynous hermaphrodite .
Parma microlepis Günther, 1862 (White-ear scalyfin)
Inhabits rocky reefs.
Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839) (Maori wrasse)
Found in coastal bays to offshore reefs, often in loose aggregations .
Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860) (Australian mado)
A schooling species, particularly common on coastal reefs in southern New South Wales . Also commonly found under jetties in harbors and large estuaries .
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi (Whitley, 1929) (Half-banded seaperch)
Inhabits shallow coastal and estuarine rocky reefs . Common in sponge areas, sometimes in loose aggregations .
Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861 (Eastern hulafish)
Occurs inshore near reefs .
Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790) (Bastard dory)
Juveniles live in estuaries while adults occur in estuaries and on inshore and offshore rocky reefs and seagrass beds . Found either in large schools, in pairs or as solitary individuals . Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present .
Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Variegated lizardfish)
Inhabits deep lagoon and seaward reefs to depths over 40 m ; sometimes found on sandy bottoms concealing itself in the sand. Prefers to rest on hard surfaces and frequently occurs in pairs . Benthic . Feeds on small fis...
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Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong)
The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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Chromis hypsilepis (Günther, 1867) (One spot demoiselle)
Inhabits rocky reefs, occurring in small to large aggregations.
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Yellowtail amberjack)
Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879) (Red morwong)
Adults found on exposed rocky reefs down to about 30 m; juveniles on coastal reefs, amongst algae.
Pempheris multiradiata Klunzinger, 1879 (Common bullseye)
Schooling in caves and near rocky reefs .
Mecaenichthys immaculatus (Ogilby, 1885) (Immaculate damsel)
Inhabits rocky or weedy inshore reefs.
Pempheris compressa (White, 1790) (Small-scale bullseye)
Usually found on offshore reefs, in large schools. Juveniles found on coastal reefs and near entrance of coastal estuaries with rocky reefs.
Upeneus australiae Kim and Nakaya, 2002 (Australian goatfish)
Adults feed mainly on shrimp (47%).
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Comments :
After a week of perfect cloudless hot weather and brilliant sunshine, this dive day sucked. - cold, bleak and raining. Seas were sloppy and picking up with wind. On the boat ride to Magic Point seasickness started to set in. Once in the water vis was not too bad at around 10m but the inexperienced dive group I was with stirred up the bottom something awful reducing the vis and putting a lot of backscatter into the photos. The very black cloud dark skies made the dive more like a night dive at 20m.
We descended over the shark cave and onto the kelp in front but did not see any Grey Nurse sharks (which is highly unusual since I've never seen less than a dozen on previous visits). Swam deeper down to the sandline hoping to see Weedy Sea Dragons but to no avail. There was also a general lack of variety in the fish life though there were large schools of Yellow Tail Scad and One-Spot Pullers mid-water.
Still, though it was a below average dive, its always good to get wet.
Wobegong
Port Jackson
Crimson Banded Wrasse
Maori Wrasse
Mado
Goatfish
Old wives
Half-Banded sea perch
Blue Groper
White Ear
One-Spot Pullers
Bullseyes
Mosaic Seastar
Biscuit Seastar
Variegated lizard fish
Red Morowong
Immaculate Damsel
Yellow Tail Scad
Nudibranch - Mexichromis festiva