Dive Details |
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Location |
Chinaman's Reef, Agincourt Reef, GBR, |
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Date |
05 September, 2003 |
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Time |
11:46am - 12:25pm |
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Details |
This reef had been devastated by crown-of-thorns starfish some 7 years previous. There was a lot of recolonisation by a number of species of Acropora. Some colonies were quite large. |
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Buddy |
Andrew Baird |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
15 m |
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Duration |
39 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
9.5 m |
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Average depth |
6.1 m |
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Water temperature |
24.3°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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High |
12:13am |
1.05m |
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High |
5:21am |
1.73m |
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Low |
11:25am |
0.63m |
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High |
6:21pm |
2.62m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon bennetti |
Bennett'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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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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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion akindynos
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Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
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Amphiprion melanopus
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Black Anemonefish |
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Labridae |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
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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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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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Acropora anthocercis at 9 m.
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Acropora anthocercis at 9 m showing fluorescence.
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Sea fan, Isis sp., at 9.5 m.
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Organ-pipe coral, Tubipora musica, at 9.5 m.
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Acropora millepora at 7.5 m.
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Acropora sarmentosa at 6 m.
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Acropora sp. at 5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 5 m.
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Acropora millepora at 3 m.
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Seriatopora hystrix at 6 m.
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Giant clam, Tridacna sp, at 5 m.
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Acropora millepora at 2.5 m.
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Anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, in bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor at 2 m.
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