Dive Details

Location

North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

03 September, 2003

Time

12:24pm - 1:24pm

Details

"Shark Attract"

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

15 m

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

21.9 m

Average depth

10.6 m

Water temperature

25.1°C

Site Map

Tides

High

1:57am

1.70m

High

8:56am

0.90m

High

4:30pm

2.15m

High

11:11pm

1.26m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Epinephelus tukula

Potato Cod

Fairy Basslet

Purple Anthias

Citron Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Diamond Wrasse

Black-backed Wrasse

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Checkerboard Wrasse

Hemigymnus fasciatus

Barred Thicklip

Half-and-Half Wrasse

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides pectoralis

Breastspot Cleaner Wrasse

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

Orangespine Unicornfish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

Grey Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon Coolpix 4500

Housing

Ikelite 6186

Strobe

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50

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.

The view during the descent from the boat to the "Shark Attract" area.
 

Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
 

White-tip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
 

Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
 

Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
 

White-tip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
 

Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
 

Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp..
 

Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus.
 

Pocillopora eydouxi.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, in anemone, possibily Heteractis crispa.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, in anemone, possibily Heteractis crispa.
 

Xenia sp..
 

Asymbiotic nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya sp.
 

Xenia sp..
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in Stichodactyla mertensii.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in Stichodactyla mertensii.
 

Acropora hyacinthus.