Dive Details |
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Location |
Turtle Bommie, Agincourt Reef, GBR, |
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Date |
16 September, 2005 |
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Time |
10:41am - 11:40am |
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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. 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 |
20 |
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Duration |
59 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
11.0 m |
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Average depth |
5.2 m |
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Water temperature |
24.4°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 |
2:07am |
0.57m |
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High |
7:41am |
2.43m |
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Low |
1:51pm |
0.12m |
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High |
8:15pm |
3.17m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon trifascialis
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Chevroned Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger longirostris |
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 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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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Thalassoma janseni |
Jansen's Wrasse |
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Scaridae |
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Cetoscarus bicolor |
Bicolor Parrotfish |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Signanidae |
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Siganus corallinus |
Coral Rabbitfish |
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Balistidae |
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Balistapus undulatus |
Orange-lined Triggerfish |
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Monocanthidae |
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Oxymonacanthus longirostris
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Orange-Spotted Filefish |
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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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Eggs of Amphiprion akindynos at 10.7 m.
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Amphiprion akindynos in Stichodactyla sp. anemone (probably S. haddoni) at 10.7 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. at 10.2 m.
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Amphiprion akindynos in Heteractis crispa at 8.9 m.
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Goniopora sp. at 8.8 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. at 10.6 m.
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Flatworm, possibly Pseudoceros bifurcus, at 8.6 m.
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Pectinia sp. at 7.4 m.
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A large tunicate of one species covered by a number of smaller tunicates or another species, Atriolum robustum, at 7.2 m.
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A large colony of Physogyra lichtensteini at 6.8 m.
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Acropora sp, colony at 6.5 m.
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Amphiprion melanopus in Entacmaea quadricolor at 5.5 m.
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Arc-eye hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus, at 4.7 m.
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Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion, in Heteractis magnifica at 4.1 m.
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Reef stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, at 4.5 m.
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Two reef stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, at 4.1 m.
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus and three spot dascyllus , Dascyllus trimaculatus, 4.3 m.
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Sea cucumber, probably Thelenota ananas, at 4.5 m.
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Fungia sp. at 5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 4.1 m.
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Soft coral, Lobophytum, with Acropora spp. colonies at 3.6 m.
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Acropora florida (foreground) and Acropora sp. at 3.9 m.
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Partially burried reef stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, at 4.5 m.
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Crescent-tail bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur, at 3.3 m.
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