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Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

29 May, 2004

Time

11:26am - 12:30pm

Details

Snorkelled to the end of the island and descended. Checked out the reefs and came back along rock reef.

Buddy

Hans Mueller

Seas

Slight

Visibility

8

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

12.0 m

Average depth

6.6 m

Water temperature

19.1°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

3:26am

1.49m

Low

10:01am

0.46m

High

4:25pm

1.42m

Low

10:20pm

0.66m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Chelonia mydas

Green Turtle

Medium

1

Cleidopus gloriamaris

Pineapplefish

Large

Many

Pseudanthias pictilis

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Small

Few

Chaetodon citrinellus

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

2

Chaetodon guentheri

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

Chaetodon kleinii

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

2

Heniochus diphreutes

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

Many

Centropyge tibicen

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

1

Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

Conspicuous Angelfish

Small

1

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Large

Few

Anampses caeruleopunctatus

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

2

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Large

Few

Labroides dimidiatus

Cleaner Wrasse

Small

Many

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

Valenciennea strigata

Golden-headed Sleeper Goby

Medium

1

Ptereleotris heteroptera

Tail-spot Dart Goby

Large

1

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

Medium

2

Sufflamen bursa

Boomerrang Triggerfish

Medium

Few

Sufflamen chrysopterus

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

Sufflamen chrysopterus

Half-moon Triggerfish

Small

Few

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Many

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Medium

Few

Trygonrrhina fasciata

Fiddler Ray

Large

1

Stenopus hispidus

Banded Coral Shrimp

Medium

Few

Aphelodoris varia

Nudibranch

Large

Many

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Pseudanthias pictilis

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Pseudanthias pictilis

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

Conspicuous Angelfish