Dive Details |
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Location |
Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR, |
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Date |
15 September, 2005 |
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Time |
7:17am - 7:57am |
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Details |
All the photographs on this dive were taken without a strobe which is why they all have a blue cast. The situation was made worse because the dive was so early in the morning. Some photographs I have attempted to fix using PaintShopPro and they may look "photoshopped". |
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Buddy |
Jamie Newman |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
30 |
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Duration |
41 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
26.8 m |
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Average depth |
11.8 m |
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Water temperature |
24.4°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx |
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Tides |
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Low |
1:36am |
0.72m |
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High |
7:02am |
2.23m |
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Low |
1:13pm |
0.26m |
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High |
7:42pm |
3.10m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Reptiles |
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Cheloniidae |
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Chelonia mydas |
Green Turtle |
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Fish |
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Scorpaenidae |
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Taenianotus triacanthus
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Leaf scorpionfish |
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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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Pseudochromidae |
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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Royal Dottyback |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron 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 melannotus
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Black-back 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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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 melanopus
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Black Anemonefish |
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Amphiprion percula |
Clown 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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Premnas biaculeatus |
Spinecheek Anemonefish |
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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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Coris aygula |
Clown Wrasse |
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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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Gobiidae |
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Valenciennea strigata |
Golden-headed Sleeper Goby |
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Microdesmidae |
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Red Firefish |
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Acanthuridae |
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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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Balistoides viridescens |
Titan 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 |
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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Heteractis magnifica with Amphiprion percula. 24.7 m.
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Acropora aculeus colony. 25.4 m.
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Acropora sp, colony. 18.2 m.
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Heteractis magnifica with Amphiprion perideraion. 15.1 m.
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Tubastraea sp. colony. 17.1 m.
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Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. 14.3 m.
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Heteractis sp. anemone with Amphiprion perideraion. 11.6 m.
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Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. 10 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 9.9 m.
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Large anemone, possibly Heteractis magnifica. 10 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 10.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 10.7 m.
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Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 8.2 m.
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Spine-cheek anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus in bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 6.1 m.
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Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 6.1 m.
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Fromia indica. 5.9 m.
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Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 7.2 m.
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