Dive Details |
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Location |
False Entrance, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
12 September, 2005 |
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Time |
3:38pm - 4:19pm |
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Buddy |
Jamie Newman |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
20 |
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Duration |
41 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
21.2 m |
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Average depth |
12.5 m |
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Water temperature |
24.9°C |
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Site Map |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
12:36am |
1.36m |
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High |
4:25am |
1.56m |
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Low |
10:31am |
1.03m |
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High |
5:59pm |
2.47m |
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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Serranocirrhitus latus
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Hawk Anthias |
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Malacanthidae |
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Hoplolatilus starki
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Blue-head Tilefish |
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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 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 ornatissimus
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Ornate 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 trifascialis
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Chevroned Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose 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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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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Dascyllus trimaculatus
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Three-spot Dascyllus |
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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 axillaris |
Coral Hogfish |
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Coris gaimard |
Gaimard's 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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Thalassoma amblycephalum |
Two-tone Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus nigrofuscus |
Dusky Surgeon |
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Acanthurus pyroferus |
Mimic Surgeonfish |
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Naso lituratus
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Orangespine Unicornfish |
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Naso unicornis |
Blue-Spine Unicornfish |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown 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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Balistapus undulatus |
Orange-lined Triggerfish |
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Ostraciidae |
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Ostracion meleagris |
Black Boxfish |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Hemigaleidae |
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Triaenodon obesus
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Whitetip Reef Shark |
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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 DS-50 |
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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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthea sp. 20.5 m.
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Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 18.5 m.
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Soft coral, Sinularia sp. 18.8 m.
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Fungiid. 19.4 m.
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Fungiids. 19.1 m.
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Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. 16.4 m.
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Algae. 13.1 m.
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Seriatopora hystrix. 13 m.
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Three spot damsels, Dacyllus trimaculatus. in multiple Stichodactyla mertensii,. 15.3 m.
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Turbinaria reniformis with Acropora sp. and crinoid. 12.8 m.
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Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis, with Pocillopora verrucosa, bottom left, and Sinularia sp., top right. 12.6 m.
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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 12.9 m.
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Saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium. 13.3 m.
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Reef scene. 13.7 m.
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Reef scene. 13.1 m.
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Stylophora pistillata with Acropora sp. and Porites sp. colonies. 13.9 m
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