Dive Details |
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Location |
North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
22 August, 2006 |
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Time |
12:28pm - 1:27pm |
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Details |
"Shark Attract" |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
20m |
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Duration |
60 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
22.5 m |
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Average depth |
11.8 m |
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Water temperature |
24.2°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size (mm) |
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Epinephelus tukula |
Potato Cod |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon bennetti |
Bennett's Butterflyfish |
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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 mertensii
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Merten's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ulietensis
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Paracirrhites arcatus
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Arc-eye Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites forsteri
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Blackside Hawkfish |
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Labridae |
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Gomphorus varius |
Bird 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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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia |
Sixline Wrasee |
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Acanthuridae |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Zebrasoma veliferum |
Sailfin Tang |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Balistidae |
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Balistapus undulatus |
Orange-lined Triggerfish |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Carcharhinidae |
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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Grey Reef Shark |
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Hemigaleidae |
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Triaenodon obesus
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Whitetip Reef Shark |
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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 |
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 with his Up & Go. 14.3 m. |
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Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. 13.2 m. |
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Grey reef whaler, C. amblyrhynchos. 13.2 m. |
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Grey reef whaler, C. amblyrhynchos. 12.4 m. |
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Potato cod, Epinephelus tukula. 14.3 m. |
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