Dive Details |
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Location |
Eastern Side, Shark Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
14 September, 2005 |
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Time |
12:14pm - 1:01pm |
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Details |
The photographs were taken without a strobe and, due to the depth, most are very blue. Some colour correction was attempted. |
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Buddy |
Jamie Newman |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
40 |
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Duration |
45 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
16.1 m |
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Average depth |
12.0 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 |
1:07am |
0.92m |
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High |
6:23am |
1.99m |
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Low |
12:30pm |
0.49m |
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High |
7:07pm |
2.95m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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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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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ephippium
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Saddled Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon flavirostris
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Dusky 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 lunula |
Racoon Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon melannotus
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Black-back Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon mertensii
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Merten's 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 speculum
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Oval-Spot Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifascialis
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Chevroned 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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Hemitaurichthys polylepis |
Pyramid Butterflyfish |
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Heniochus acuminatus
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Bannerfish |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
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Heniochus monoceros |
Masked 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 heraldi
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Herald's Angelfish |
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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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Amphiprion chrysopterus |
Orange-fin Anemonefish |
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Amphiprion perideraion |
Pink Clownfish |
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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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Macropharyngodon negrosensis |
Black Leopard 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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Microdesmidae |
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Red Firefish |
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Ptereleotris evides |
Arrow Goby |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
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Acanthurus olivaceus |
Orange-blotch Surgeon |
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Acanthurus pyroferus |
Mimic Surgeonfish |
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Paracanthurus hepatus
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Blue Tang |
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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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Balistoides conspicillum |
Clown Triggerfish |
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Sufflamen chrysopterus
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
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Ostraciidae |
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Ostracion meleagris |
Black Boxfish |
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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 |
None |
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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Reef scene. 14.1 m.
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Reef scene. 13.4 m.
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Reef scene. 13.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 14.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 14.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 15.3 m.
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Reef scene. 14.3 m.
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Reef scene. 15.1 m.
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Reef scene. 15.5 m.
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A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14.2 m.
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A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14 m.
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Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in anemone, Heteractis crispa. 14.8 m.
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A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 15.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 15.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 12.6 m.
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Acropora sp. colony with 2 saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium. 12.8 m.
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Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes. 14.2 m.
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Undersea Explorer from below. 8.2 m.
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