Dive Details |
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Location |
Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, |
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Date |
31 August, 2003 |
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Time |
9:36am - 10:25am |
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Details |
'The Monolith'
This was my first dive with the new camera/housing in clear water and most of the pictures are overexposed. I was also using the TTL sync cord and relying on the camera to control the strobe. This does not work well with the camera in the housing. |
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Seas |
flat |
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Visibility |
15 m |
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Duration |
48 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
11.2 m |
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Average depth |
6.1 m |
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Water temperature |
24.3°C |
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Site Map |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
5:12am |
0.73m |
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High |
11:16am |
2.05m |
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Low |
5:17pm |
0.88m |
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High |
11:31pm |
2.27m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Synodontidae |
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Synodus variegatus
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Reef Lizardfish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias huchtii |
Threadfin Anthias |
Medium |
Few |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon baronessa |
Triangular Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon ephippium
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Saddled Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Many |
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Chaetodon lineolatus
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Lined Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon lunula |
Racoon Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon lunulatus |
Oval Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon speculum
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Oval-Spot Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Chaetodon trifascialis
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Chevroned Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon trifasciatus |
Redfin Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Chaetodon ulietensis
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
Large |
Few |
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Chaetodon unimaculatus
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Teardrop Butterflyfish |
Large |
2 |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
Large |
Few |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge bicolor
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Bicolor Angel |
Medium |
Many |
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Centropyge bispinosa
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Coral Beauty |
Small |
Few |
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Centropyge vrolikii
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Pearly-scaled Angel |
Large |
Few |
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Pygoplites diacanthus
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Regal Angelfish |
Large |
Few |
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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion akindynos
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Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
Medium |
Few |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Paracirrhites arcatus
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Arc-eye Hawkfish |
Large |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
Medium |
Many |
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Gomphorus varius |
Bird Wrasse |
Large |
Few |
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Halichoeres hortulanus
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Checkerboard Wrasse |
Large |
Many |
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Hemigymnus melapterus
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Half-and-Half Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Labroides bicolor |
Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse |
Large |
1 |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Large |
Few |
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Pinguipedidae |
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Parapercis hexophtalma
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Speckled Sandperch |
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Blenniidae |
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Meiacanthus atrodorsalis |
Eye-lash Harptail Blenny |
Large |
Many |
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Acanthuridae |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
Medium |
Many |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Signanidae |
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Siganus puellus |
Bluelined Rabbitfish |
Large |
1 |
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Balistidae |
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Balistapus undulatus |
Orange-lined Triggerfish |
Large |
Few |
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Balistoides viridescens |
Titan Triggerfish |
Large |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon Coolpix 4500 |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6186 |
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Strobe |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS50 |
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.
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Pocillopora verrucosa at 11 m.
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Thelenota ananas at 10.5 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus, sp. at 10 m.
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Christy.
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Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma, at 7 m.
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Acropora sp. at 7 m.
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Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, at 7.5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 6.5 m.
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Two Acropora spp. at 4 m.
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Giant clam, Tridacna, sp. at 3.3 m.
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Diploastrea heliopora at 6.5 m.
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Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, at 8.3 m.
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Merulina scabricula at 7.3 m.
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Xenia sp. and Acropora sp. at 5.6 m.
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Merulina sp. at 4.4 m.
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