Dive at North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, on 18/9/02 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

18 September, 2002

Time

3:11pm - 3:56pm

Details

West Wall

Seas

Flat

Visibility

20

Duration

44 minutes

Maximum depth

13.6 m

Average depth

6.9 m

Water temperature

25.0°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

1:39am

0.74m

High

7:22am

2.05m

Low

1:21pm

0.49m

High

7:53pm

2.69m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

Small

Many

 

Fairy Basslet

Medium

Many

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Large

2

 

Chaetodon lunula

Racoon Butterflyfish

Large

1

 

Ornate Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Regal Angelfish

Medium

Many

 

Pomacentridae

 

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Large

2

 

Microdesmidae

 

Red Firefish

Medium

Many

 

Balistidae

 

Balistoides conspicillum

Clown Triggerfish

Large

1

 

Notes

 

Grey Reef Whaler, Clown Trigger, Moray Eel, small yellow Dendronephthya, small red Dendronephthya, lots of pulsing Xenia