Dive Details |
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Location |
Seal Rocks, NSW |
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Date |
27 May, 2006 |
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Time |
10:42am - 12:29pm |
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Details |
Swan along reef and then onto island |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest, Bernie Davison |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
15 |
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Duration |
81 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
9.8 m |
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Average depth |
4.4 m |
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Water temperature |
19.1°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
2:18am |
0.33m |
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High |
8:13am |
1.38m |
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Low |
1:48pm |
0.49m |
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High |
8:23pm |
1.93m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size (mm) |
Number |
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Fish |
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Monocentridae |
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Cleidopus gloriamaris |
Pineapplefish |
Large |
2 |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias cf cheiropilos
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Orange Basslet |
Small |
1 |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon flavirostris
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Dusky Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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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 |
Medium |
Few |
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Chelmonops truncatus |
Truncate Coralfish |
Large |
1 |
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Heniochus diphreutes
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Schooling Bannerfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Pomacentridae |
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Pomacentrus australis |
Australian Damsel |
Medium |
Few |
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Pomacentrus coelestis |
Blue Damsel |
Medium |
Many |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys aprinus |
Blotched Hawkfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Achoerodus viridis |
Eastern Blue Groper |
Large |
Few |
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Anampses caeruleopunctatus
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Diamond Wrasse |
Small |
Many |
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Coris picta |
Comb Wrasse |
Medium |
Many |
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Halichoeres margaritaceus
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Pearly Wrasse |
Small |
Few |
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Halichoeres marginatus
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Dusky Wrasse |
Small |
1 |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Medium |
Many |
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Macropharyngodon meleagris
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
Medium |
Few |
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Macropharyngodon negrosensis |
Black Leopard Wrasse |
Small |
1 |
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Stethojulis bandanensis |
Red-Spot Wrasse |
Medium |
Few |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
Small |
Many |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus dussumieri |
Pencilled Surgeon |
Medium |
Few |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
Medium |
Few |
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Balistidae |
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Rhinecanthus aculeatus |
Hawaiian Triggerfish |
Medium |
3 |
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Rhinecanthus rectangulus
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Wedge-tail Triggerfish |
Medium |
Many |
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Sufflamen chrysopterus
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
Medium |
Many |
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Aracanidae |
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Anoplocarpros inermis |
Eastern Smooth Boxfish |
Large |
Few |
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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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Sharks, Rays |
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Rhinobatidae |
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Trygonrrhina fasciata |
Fiddler Ray |
Large |
1 |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G +4 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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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.
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Hawaiian triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, hiding at 2.7 m. |
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Hawaiian triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, at 2.6 m. |
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Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus, 2.6 m. |
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Juvenile cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, at 5 m. |
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Klein's butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii, at 4.1 m. |
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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus, at 3.8 m |
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Gü |
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nther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri 6.8 m. |
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A pair of pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 9.1 m. |
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Starry toadfish, Arothon stellatus, at 9.2 m. |
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Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris at 8.3 m. |
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Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis, at 8.5 m. |
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Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitchthys aprinus at 7.3 m. |
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Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes, with mado, Atypichthys strigatus, at 7.7 m. |
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Black boxfish, Ostracion meleagris, at 7.4 m. |
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Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 6.8 m. |
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Green moray eel, Gymnothorax prasinus, at 6.8 m. |
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Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops tuncatus, at 4.6 m. |
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