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

Dive Details

Location

Seal Rocks, NSW

Date

27 May, 2006

Time

1:58pm - 3:34pm

Details

Swam along reef and then on to island

Buddy

Tim Everest, Bernie Davison

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10

Duration

77 minutes

Maximum depth

7.5 m

Average depth

4.2 m

Water temperature

19.0°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

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Medium

1

 

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

2

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus australis

Australian Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

 

Labridae

 

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Medium

Few

 

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Pearly Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Dusky Wrasse

Small

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Medium

Few

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Medium

2

 

Balistidae

 

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Hawaiian Triggerfish

Medium

Few

 

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Aracanidae

 

Anoplocarpros inermis

Eastern Smooth Boxfish

Medium

1

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Many

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled Puffer

Small

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.


Sabellid tubeworm, possibly Sabellastarte sp., at 5.2 m.
 

Three-bar porcupinefish, Dicotylichthys punctalatus, at 5.7 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.9 m.
 

Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis, at 6 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.9 m.
 

Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris, at 5.5 m.
 

Klein's butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii at 5.1 m.
 

Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops truncatus at 6.1 m.
 

Moray eel, Gymnothorax sp., at 5.8 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.6 m.
 

Valentini puffer, Canthigaster valentini, at 5.5 m.
 


 

nther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri 6.5 m.