Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 10/2/01 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

10 February, 2001

Time

3:09pm - 4:30pm

Seas

1-2m

Visibility

0-5m

Duration

81 minutes

Maximum depth

7.0 m

Average depth

4.2 m

Water temperature

19.5°C

                                       

Tides

Low

4:23am

0.20m

High

10:48am

2.00m

Low

5:19pm

0.10m

High

11:25pm

1.50m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

Small

1

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

GŸnther's butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Medium

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

Many

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Small

1

 

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Medium

1

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Medium

1

  Crustaceans

 

Hippolytidae

 

Lysmata amboinensis

Hump-back Cleaner Shrimp

Medium

Few

 

Stenopdidae

 

Banded Coral Shrimp

Medium

Many

 

 

 

Aplysia dactlomela

Sea Hare

Large

1