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 |
3:53pm - 4:47pm |
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Details |
Drift dive along west wall |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
20 |
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Duration |
54 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
18.8 m |
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Average depth |
10.8 m |
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Water temperature |
24.4°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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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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Two Lobophyllia sp. colonies. Smaller one is probably L. pachysepta. 17.8 m.
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Herald's angelfish, Centropyge heraldi. 17.4 m.
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Masked bannerfish, Heniochus monoceros. 15 m.
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Many-banded angelfish, Centropyge multifasciata. 15.2 m.
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Sea fan. 16.1 m.
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Sea fan. 16 m.
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Sea fan. 16.8 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus, in Porites colony. 16.7 m.
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Sea fan. 16.2 m.
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Sea fan. 16 m.
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Sea fan. 14.2 m.
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Fire coral, Millepora sp. 12.8 m.
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Sea fan, possibly Ellisella sp. 14.2 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus, in Porites colony. 11.8 m.
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Turbinaria reniformis. 10.5 m.
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Soft coral. 9.1 m.
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Sea fan. 11.2 m.
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Soft coral. 10.7 m.
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Yellow longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus. 9.1 m.
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Sea anemone, Stichodactyla sp., with Amphiprion chrysopterus. 10.1 m.
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Orange spotted filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. 8.1 m.
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Nautilus pompilius (captured at Admiralty Anchor).
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