Dive Details

Location

Admiralty Anchor, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

21 August, 2006

Time

10:19am - 11:05am

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30

Duration

46 minutes

Maximum depth

30.0 m

Average depth

14.4 m

Water temperature

24.2°C

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Port Douglas, Queensland

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

Low

2:15am

0.86m

High

7:53am

1.94m

Low

1:54pm

0.41m

High

8:29pm

2.73m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

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

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50

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.

Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. 24.6 m.
 

Pyramid butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis. 25.4 m.
 

Large Montipora sp. colony with small Acropora sp. colony. 25.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 30 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 29.7 m.
 

Seriatopora hystrix colony. 29.9 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 29.8 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 29.9 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 29.6 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 27.3 m.
 

Reef scene, with Acropora sp. colony in centre. 26.8 m.
 

Four red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 26.7 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 24.9 m.
 

Female squarespot anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia. 24.6 m.
 

Male squarespot anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia. 23.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 24.1 m.
 

Acropora (Isopora) sp. colony. 18.7 m.
 

Sea fan. 19.4 m.
 

Sea anemone, Stichodactyla sp., with orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 18 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 18 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 16.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 15.5 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 15.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 14.1 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 16.3 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral. 17.4 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 17.9 m.
 

Herald's angelfish, Centropyge heraldi. 21.6 m.
 

Herald's angelfish, Centropyge heraldi. 21.9 m.
 

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans. 17.2 m.
 

Sea fan. 14.8 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 6.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 6.8 m.
 

Reef scene. 7 m.
 

Bignose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii. 7.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 6.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 6 m.
 

Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 6 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 7.2 m.
 

Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 5.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 4.9 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii. 4.7 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 4.7 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 4.7 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 4.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 4.3 m.
 

Meyer's butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri. 4.4 m.