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Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 25/3/06 - ATJ's Diving Site
Dive Details |
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Location |
Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, |
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Date |
25 March, 2006 |
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Time |
11:02am - 12:11pm |
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Buddy |
Hans Mueller, Bernie Davison, Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
20m |
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Duration |
69 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
10.1 m |
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Average depth |
5.5 m |
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Water temperature |
23.4°C |
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Tides |
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High |
5:19am |
1.61m |
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Low |
12:16pm |
0.39m |
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High |
6:20pm |
1.25m |
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Low |
11:22pm |
0.56m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Reptiles |
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Cheloniidae |
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Chelonia mydas |
Green Turtle |
Small |
1 |
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Fish |
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Monocentridae |
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Cleidopus gloriamaris |
Pineapplefish |
Large |
2 |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron Butterflyfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Chaetodon guentheri
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Günther's butterflyfish |
Medium |
Many |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
Small |
Many |
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Chelmonops truncatus |
Truncate Coralfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge tibicen
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Keyhole Angelfish |
Small |
1 |
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Pomacentridae |
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Pomacentrus coelestis |
Blue Damsel |
Medium |
Many |
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Labridae |
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Coris gaimard |
Gaimard's Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Coris picta |
Comb Wrasse |
Medium |
Many |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Small |
Few |
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Macropharyngodon meleagris
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
Small |
2 |
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Stethojulis bandanensis |
Red-Spot Wrasse |
Small |
Few |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
Small |
Few |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
Small |
Many |
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Prionurus microlepidotus |
Sawtail |
Small |
Few |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
Small |
Many |
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Balistidae |
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Sufflamen chrysopterus
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
Small |
1 |
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Ostraciidae |
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Ostracion cubicus |
Yellow Boxfish |
Small |
Many |
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Ostracion meleagris |
Black Boxfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Canthigaster callisterna |
Clown Toby |
Large |
1 |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Heterodontidae |
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Heterodontus portusjacksoni |
Port Jackson Shark |
Large |
1 |
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Urolophidae |
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Trygonoptera testacea |
Common Stingaree |
Medium |
Few |
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Notes |
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Bernie saw a Centropyge bicolor. |
Species Caught |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
30 |
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Labridae |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
25 |
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Macropharyngodon meleagris
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
25 |
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Notes |
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Bernie caught a small Coris gaimard and two small Labroides dimidiatus |
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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Anthothoe albocincta at 2.7 m.
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Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus, at 4.8 m
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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus, at 3.5 m.
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Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus, at 7.3 m.
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Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 8.5 m.
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Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 8.8 m.
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