Dive Details |
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Location |
Pixie Gardens, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, |
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Date |
20 August, 2006 |
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Time |
8:33am - 9:19am |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
30m |
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Duration |
45 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
22.1 m |
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Average depth |
9.4 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 |
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 |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Serranocirrhitus latus
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Hawk Anthias |
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Pseudochromidae |
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Pseudochromis paccagnellae
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Royal Dottyback |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon lineolatus
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Lined Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon lunula |
Racoon Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge bicolor
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Bicolor Angel |
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Centropyge bispinosa
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Coral Beauty |
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Centropyge vrolikii
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Pearly-scaled Angel |
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Pygoplites diacanthus
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Regal Angelfish |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Paracirrhites forsteri
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Blackside Hawkfish |
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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Coris gaimard |
Gaimard's Wrasse |
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Gomphorus varius |
Bird Wrasse |
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Halichoeres chrysus
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Yellow Wrasse |
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Halichoeres hortulanus
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Checkerboard Wrasse |
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Labroides bicolor |
Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Scaridae |
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Cetoscarus bicolor |
Bicolor Parrotfish |
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Gobiidae |
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Valenciennea strigata |
Golden-headed Sleeper Goby |
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Acanthuridae |
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Naso lituratus
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Orangespine Unicornfish |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Signanidae |
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Siganus vulpinus |
Foxface |
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Balistidae |
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Odonus niger |
Black Triggerfish |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Arothon nigropunctatus
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Blackspotted Puffer |
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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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Colin. 19.2 m.
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Black triggerfish, Odonus niger. 21.3 m.
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Sea cucumber, Thelenota anax. 20 m.
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Juvenile golden-headed sleeper goby, Valenciennea strigata. 13.3 m.
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Red seastar, Fromia indica. 12.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 11.5 m.
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Orange basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 9.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 8.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 8.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 8.4 m.
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Black-spotted puffer, Arothon nigropunctatus. 6 m.
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Black-spotted puffer, Arothon nigropunctatus. 6 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 7.1 m.
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Acropora aculeus. 6.8 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 6.5 m,
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Clam, Tridacna sp. 5.3 m.
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Porites cylindrica with turtle weed, Chlorodesmis fastigiata. 4.2 m.
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Hydnophora rigida with cyanobacteria. 4.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 3.8 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 3.9 m.
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Montipora sp. colony with cyanobacteria. 3.6 m,
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Juvenile clown wrasse, Coris gaimard. 3.1 m.
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Acropora sp. colony, possibly A. intermedia. 2.9 m.
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Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, in bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 2.3 m.
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Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, in Porites cylindrica. 2.8 m.
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Bluestripe seaperch, Lutjanus kasmira. 5.2 m.
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Bluestripe seaperch, Lutjanus kasmira. 6.2 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa. 6 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa with soft coral, Lobophytum and asymbiotic coral, Tubastraea. 6 m.
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Crinoid. 5.9 m.
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Simon. 6.8 m.
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Pennant bannerfish, Heniochus chrysostomus. 5.4 m.
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Pennant bannerfish, Heniochus chrysostomus. 5.1 m.
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Hawk anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus. 4 m.
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