Dive at Seal Rocks, NSW on 27/05/2006 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Seal Rocks, NSW

Date

27 May, 2006

Time

10:42am - 12:29pm

Details

Swan along reef and then onto island

Buddy

Tim Everest, Bernie Davison

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15

Duration

81 minutes

Maximum depth

9.8 m

Average depth

4.4 m

Water temperature

19.1°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

2:18am

0.33m

High

8:13am

1.38m

Low

1:48pm

0.49m

High

8:23pm

1.93m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Monocentridae

 

Cleidopus gloriamaris

Pineapplefish

Large

2

 

Serranidae

 

Orange Basslet

Small

1

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Large

1

 

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

2

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus australis

Australian Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Cirrhitichthys aprinus

Blotched Hawkfish

Medium

1

 

Labridae

 

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Large

Few

 

Diamond Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Pearly Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Dusky Wrasse

Small

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Macropharyngodon negrosensis

Black Leopard Wrasse

Small

1

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Medium

Few

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Medium

Few

 

Balistidae

 

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Hawaiian Triggerfish

Medium

3

 

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Aracanidae

 

Anoplocarpros inermis

Eastern Smooth Boxfish

Large

Few

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

 

Ostracion meleagris

Black Boxfish

Medium

1

  Sharks, Rays

 

Rhinobatidae

 

Trygonrrhina fasciata

Fiddler Ray

Large

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55

Photographs


Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to aproximate the depth of the subject.


Hawaiian triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, hiding at 2.7 m.
 

Hawaiian triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, at 2.6 m.
 

Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus, 2.6 m.
 

Juvenile cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, at 5 m.
 

Klein's butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii, at 4.1 m.
 

Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus, at 3.8 m
 


 

nther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri 6.8 m.
 

A pair of pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 9.1 m.
 

Starry toadfish, Arothon stellatus, at 9.2 m.
 

Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris at 8.3 m.
 

Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis, at 8.5 m.
 

Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitchthys aprinus at 7.3 m.
 

Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes, with mado, Atypichthys strigatus, at 7.7 m.
 

Black boxfish, Ostracion meleagris, at 7.4 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 6.8 m.
 

Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 6.8 m.
 

Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops tuncatus, at 4.6 m.