Dive Details |
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Location |
Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, |
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Date |
20 August, 2006 |
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Time |
4:18pm - 5:18pm |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
20m |
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Duration |
60 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
9.7 m |
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Average depth |
6.5 m |
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Water temperature |
23.9°C |
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Site Map |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Port Douglas, Queensland |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
1:52am |
0.89m |
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High |
7:21am |
1.87m |
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Low |
1:20pm |
0.45m |
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High |
8:00pm |
2.73m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF +4 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55 |
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Strobes |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50 |
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Ikelite SubStrobe DS-125 |
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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Shrimp goby, Amblyeleotris sp. 8.9 m.
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Red seastar. 7.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.1 m.
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Shrimp goby, Amblyeleotris sp. 7.7 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. 7.3 m.
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Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma. 6.8 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 6.2 m.
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Six-bar angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus. 5.8 m.
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Porites sp. colony. 6.5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.6 m.
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Flowery cod, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, with cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. 8 m.
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Steephead parrotfish, Chlorurus microrhinos. 7.9 m.
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Porites cylindrica. 6.1 m.
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Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 4.8 m.
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Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis. 4.4 m.
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Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 4.8 m.
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Spaghetti worms. 6.9 m.
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Foxface, Siganus vulpinus. 6.2 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 6.4 m.
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Yellow Moon Wrasse, Thalassoma lutescens. 3.7 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 5.2 m.
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False-eye toby, Canthigaster papua. 5.1 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. colony. 6.2 m.
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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 5.8 m.
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Acropora florida with crinoid. 6.6 m.
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Yellow longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus. 7.1 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Fungiid. 4.5 m.
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Turbinaria peltata with columnar growth form. 4.3 m.
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Turbinaria peltata with tiered growth form. Note that this is part of the same colony as in the previous photograph. 4.2 m.
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Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus. 4.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony with two clams, Tridacna sp. in Porites sp. colony. 6.3 m.
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Pennant Bannerfish, Heniochus chrysostomus. 7.5 m.
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Red seastar, Fromia indica. 7.4 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 7.4 m.
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Sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, with pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 7.3 m.
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