Dive Details |
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Location |
North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
21 August, 2006 |
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Time |
4:38pm - 5:32pm |
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Details |
Drift dive down eastern side heading north |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Rough |
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Visibility |
30 |
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Duration |
52 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
19.4 m |
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Average depth |
10.3 m |
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Water temperature |
24.0°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 |
2:15am |
0.86m |
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High |
7:53am |
1.94m |
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Low |
1:54pm |
0.41m |
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High |
8:29pm |
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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Nephtheid soft coral colonies. 16.3 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral colony. 16.3 m.
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Stylophora pistillata colony. 15.5 m.
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Acropora sarmentosa colony. 15.8 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 15.8 m.
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Alyconiid soft coral colony, possibly Sinularia sp. 15.6 m.
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Large Porites colony. 15.8 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 16.1 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 16.6 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 16.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 16.5 m.
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Sailor's eyeball alga, Ventricaria ventricosa. 19.2 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidiella sp. 18.6 m.
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Purple queens, Pseudanthias tuka. 16.7 m.
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Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus. 16 m.
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Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus, with moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus. 15.9 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 13.9 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 13.8 m.
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Black-back butterflyfish, Chaetodon melannotus. 13.7 m.
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Reticulated butterflyfish, Cheatodon reticulatus. 12 m.
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Reticulated butterflyfish, Cheatodon reticulatus. 11.1 m.
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Oval-spot butterflyfish, Chaetodon speculum. 12 m.
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Big-nose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii. 12 m.
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Soft coral, Xenia sp., colony. 11.7 m.
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Saddled puffer, Canthigaster valentini. 10.9 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral colonies. 10.2 m.
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Threadfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 10.9 m.
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Hydrozoan. 10.3 m.
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Two Pocillopora eydouxi colonies. 9.8 m.
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Yellow longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus with bicolor chromis, Chromis margaritifer. 7.2 m.
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Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus. 8.6 m.
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Male fairy basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 9.4 m.
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Coral beauty, Centropyge bispinosa. 10.1 m.
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Saddled butterflyfish, Cheatodon ephippium 9.7 m.
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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 9.2 m.
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Porites rus colonies. 9.6 m.
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Sailfin tang, Zebrasoma veliferum. 9.8 m.
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