Dive Details |
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Location |
Pavona Clavus, Ribbon Reef #5, GBR |
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Date |
04 September, 2003 |
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Time |
10:36am - 11:31am |
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Details |
Southern end of RR #5. |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
15 m |
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Duration |
54 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
26.6 m |
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Average depth |
13.5 m |
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Water temperature |
23.6°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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High |
4:08am |
1.64m |
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Low |
10:23am |
0.79m |
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High |
5:33pm |
2.40m |
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 squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Ephippidae |
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Platax teira |
Longfin Batfish |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon baronessa |
Triangular Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifasciatus |
Redfin Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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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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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion akindynos
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Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
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Labridae |
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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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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
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Gobiidae |
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Amblygobius rainfordi |
Rainford's Goby |
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Acanthuridae |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Balistidae |
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Balistapus undulatus |
Orange-lined Triggerfish |
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Tetraodontidae |
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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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Tunicate, Polycapra aurata, at 23 m.
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Tunicate, Polycapra aurata, at 23.5 m.
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Favites sp., probably F. abdita, at 23.5 m.
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Fluorescence in the above Favites sp..
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Sea cucumber, probably Synaptula lamperti, at 26.5 m.
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Sponge at 27 m.
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Orange sponge at 25.5 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Scleronephthya sp. at 23.5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 21 m.
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Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
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Acropora sp. at 18.5 m.
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Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
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Polyclad flatworm, Pseudobiceros hancockanus, at 17.5 m.
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Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, at 16.5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 16 m.
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Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
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Sponge at 16.5 m.
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Barrier reef anamonefish, Amphiprion akindynos, at 15.5 m.
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Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, at 16 m.
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Tunicate, Clavelina robusta, at 17 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. at 17 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. shot with filters to detect fluorescence at 17 m.
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