Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 15/4/05 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

15 April, 2005

Time

11:13am - 12:33pm

Details

Stayed around boulder reef.

Buddy

Hans Mueller

Seas

Slight - small swell

Visibility

up to 10m

Duration

80 minutes

Maximum depth

8.1 m

Average depth

5.5 m

Water temperature

20.3°C

                                       

Tides

High

12:12am

1.54m

Low

7:17am

0.61m

High

1:10pm

1.09m

Low

6:19pm

0.79m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Small

1

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Small

1

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Small

2

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Small

1

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Small

Few

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Small

2

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

3

 

Pomacentridae

 

Chromis hypsilepis

One-Spot Puller

Medium

Many

 

Half-and-Half Puller

Small

1

 

Chromis nitida

Yellow-Back Puller

Small

1

 

Chrysiptera notialis

Southern Damsel

Small

Few

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

Few

 

Stegastes gascoynei

Small

Few

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Small

2

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Small

1

 

Macropharyngodon negrosensis

Black Leopard Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Thalassoma janseni

Jansen's Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Microdesmidae

 

Tail-spot Dart Goby

Small

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Small

Many

 

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

Small

1

 

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

Medium

1

 

Balistidae

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Small

2

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Many

 

Ostracion meleagris

Black Boxfish

Medium

1

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Large

1

  Cephalopods

 

Sepiidae

 

Sepia mestus

Reaper Cuttlefish

Large

1

 

Sepia mestus

Reaper Cuttlefish

Small

1