Dive Details

Location

Date

27 May, 2007

Time

8:56am - 10:05am

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30m

Duration

69 minutes

Maximum depth

12.6 m

Average depth

7.0 m

Water temperature

26.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

12:49am

1.36m

High

6:40am

2.30m

Low

1:07pm

0.90m

High

7:41pm

2.35m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.

Pipefish, Coryoichthys sp. (probably C. schultzi. 11.8 m.
 

Close-up of head of pipefish, Coryoichthys sp. (probably C. schultzi. 11.8 m.
 

Shrimp goby, Amblyeleotris sp. (probably A. steinitzi. 12.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony with damselfish, Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus. 12 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Thelenota ananas. 12.1 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 12.5 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 12.3 m.
 

Corallimorphs. 12.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 11.4 m.
 

Blue seastar, Linckia laevigata. 8.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 7.8 m.
 

Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 7.6 m.
 

Reef scene. 6.5 m.
 

Reef scene. 6.3 m.
 

Tim. 4.3 m.
 

Tim. 4.1 m.
 

Hermit crab. 4 m.
 

Hermit crab. 4 m. This crab was having great difficulty climbing over the Acropora colony.
 

Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 2.9 m.
 

Acropora aculeus colony. 3.5 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna derasa. 3 m.
 

Macro algae. 5 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 7.6 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 7.4 m.
 

Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. 6.7 m.
 

Juvenile pearlscale angelfish, Centropyge vrolikii. 6.3 m.
 

Fourline blenny, Escenius aequalis. 6.6 m.
 

Solitary tunicate, Polycarpa aurata. 6.6 m.
 

Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 6.9 m.
 

Mycedium elephantotus 6.9 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Sprirobranchus. sp., in Acropora sp. colony. 7.2 m.
 

Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp., colonies. 6.7 m.
 

Barramundi cod, Cromileptes altivelis. 5.1 m. This specimen was nearly a metre long. Larger image
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.4 m.
 

Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 5.5 m.
 

Porites cyclindrica. 5.7 m.
 

Crinoid. 5.2 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 5.4 m.
 

Fungiid. 6 m.
 

Two reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. 6.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
 

Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 4.6 m. Larger image