Dive Details |
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Location |
Coral Castles, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
03 September, 2003 |
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Time |
4:08pm - 4:59pm |
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Details |
Not only did I forget to attach my dive watch to the camera housing but I also forgot to replace the camera battery with a recharged one and the camera only lasted a short time. I still managed to get a few good photographs. |
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Buddy |
Shane Dyson |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
15 |
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Duration |
51 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
18.9 m |
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Site Map |
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Tides |
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High |
1:57am |
1.70m |
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Low |
8:56am |
0.90m |
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High |
4:30pm |
2.15m |
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High |
11:11pm |
1.26m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Serranocirrhitus latus
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Hawk Anthias |
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Pseudochromidae |
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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Royal Dottyback |
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Malacanthidae |
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Hoplolatilus starki
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Blue-head Tilefish |
Large |
1 |
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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 bennetti |
Bennett's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron 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 mertensii
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Merten's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon speculum
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Oval-Spot 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 monoceros |
Masked 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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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 mesothorax |
Blackbelt 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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Hemigymnus fasciatus |
Barred Thicklip |
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Hemigymnus melapterus
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Half-and-Half Wrasse |
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Labroides bicolor |
Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Labroides pectoralis |
Breastspot Cleaner Wrasse |
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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia |
Sixline Wrasee |
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Thalassoma janseni |
Jansen's Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
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Acanthurus lineatus |
Lined Surgeon |
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Acanthurus nigrofuscus |
Dusky Surgeon |
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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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Zebrasoma veliferum |
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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Monocanthidae |
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Paraluteres prionurus |
Mimic Filefish |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Arothon nigropunctatus
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Blackspotted Puffer |
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Canthigaster valentini |
Saddled Puffer |
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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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Blue-head tilefish, Hoplolatilus starki.
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