Dive 339 – St Leonards Reef

By pfuller

Aug

4

Dive Number: 339 04/08/12 10.55, St Leonards Reef (North)

Wind: ???

Tide: ???

Conditions: ???

Visibilty: 6m

Water Temp: 10.4c

Bottom Time: 53minutes

Max Depth: 4.0m

Air usage:

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details: This is a wonderful reef for critters. On decent i spotted an aggregation of about 20 eleven-armed starfish. These critters aren’t the most pleasing to the eye starfish in the world, but there was something special about the way they were grouped out here. They were scavenging like you usually see groups of these stars, so i suspect this was a breeding event. A Lions Made Jelly then sailed past in the current…always a good subject, but difficult in the reasonably strong current and shallows waters.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes

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Dive 277 – St Leonards Reef (Boat)

By pfuller

Mar

17

Dive Number: 277 17/03/12 11.30, St Leonards Reef

Wind: ???

Tide: ???

Conditions: Some current early.

Visibilty: 8m

Water Temp: 19.6c

Bottom Time: 70minutes

Max Depth: 3.6m

Air usage: 170bar/2500psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details: This turned into a great dive. This was the reef out off St Leonards Pier. The area is dominated by rocks covered with sponge and brown algae. We dropped straight onto a cuttlefish and then explored the sponge area. After 10 minutes i came across two Port Jackson sharks spleighed across each other…as they do. A real suprise. Chris also saw some squid out here…a really productive area.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes

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