Dive Details |
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Location |
False Entrance, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
02 September, 2003 |
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Time |
8:10am - 9:00am |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
20 m |
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Duration |
49 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
22.6 m |
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Average depth |
11.2 m |
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Water temperature |
25.0°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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High |
12:21am |
1.97m |
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Low |
7:03am |
0.89m |
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High |
2:35pm |
1.93m |
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High |
8:56pm |
1.40m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Pseudochromidae |
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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Royal Dottyback |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon baronessa |
Triangular Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ephippium
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Saddled Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon lineolatus
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Lined Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifascialis
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Chevroned Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifasciatus |
Redfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ulietensis
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon unimaculatus
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Teardrop Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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Hemitaurichthys polylepis |
Pyramid Butterflyfish |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
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Heniochus varius |
Humphead Bannerfish |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge bicolor
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Bicolor Angel |
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Centropyge bispinosa
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Coral Beauty |
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Centropyge vrolikii
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Pearly-scaled Angel |
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Pygoplites diacanthus
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Regal Angelfish |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Paracirrhites arcatus
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Arc-eye Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites forsteri
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Blackside Hawkfish |
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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Bodianus axillaris |
Coral Hogfish |
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Gomphorus varius |
Bird Wrasse |
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Halichoeres hortulanus
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Checkerboard Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
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Microdesmidae |
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Red Firefish |
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Acanthuridae |
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Naso lituratus
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Orangespine Unicornfish |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Balistidae |
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Balistoides conspicillum |
Clown Triggerfish |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Arothon nigropunctatus
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Blackspotted Puffer |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Hemigaleidae |
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Triaenodon obesus
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Whitetip Reef Shark |
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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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Hydroids, ascidians (Atriolum robustum) and Montipora sp. at 8 m.
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Dendronephthya sp. at 19 m.
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Juvenile blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri at 21 m.
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Xenia sp. at 22 m.
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Ascidians, Perophora modificata, at 23 m.
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Xenia sp. at 20 m.
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Red alga at 17.2 m.
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Ascidians, Atriolum robustum, at 16 m.
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Ascidian, Atriolum robustum, at 15 m.
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Colonial ascidian at 14.5 m.
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Dendronephthya sp. at 16 m.
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Sponge at 14 m.
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Sponge at 13 m.
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Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus at 15 m.
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Ascidian, Didemnum molle, at 15 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus sp., at 14 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus sp., at 13 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri at 14 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus sp., at 13 m.
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Acropora hyacinthus at 13 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus sp., at 13 m.
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Fire coral, Millepora sp.
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Ed.
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