Dive Details |
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Location |
Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, |
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Date |
27 May, 2007 |
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Time |
8:56am - 10:05am |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
30m |
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Duration |
69 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
12.6 m |
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Average depth |
7.0 m |
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Water temperature |
26.4°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
12:49am |
1.36m |
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High |
6:40am |
2.30m |
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Low |
1:07pm |
0.90m |
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High |
7:41pm |
2.35m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D70 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6807.1 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50 |
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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.
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Pipefish, Coryoichthys sp. (probably C. schultzi. 11.8 m.
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Close-up of head of pipefish, Coryoichthys sp. (probably C. schultzi. 11.8 m.
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Shrimp goby, Amblyeleotris sp. (probably A. steinitzi. 12.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony with damselfish, Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus. 12 m.
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Sea cucumber, Thelenota ananas. 12.1 m.
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Acropora sarmentosa colony. 12.5 m.
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Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 12.3 m.
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Corallimorphs. 12.1 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 11.4 m.
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Blue seastar, Linckia laevigata. 8.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.8 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 7.6 m.
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Reef scene. 6.5 m.
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Reef scene. 6.3 m.
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Tim. 4.3 m.
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Tim. 4.1 m.
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Hermit crab. 4 m.
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Hermit crab. 4 m. This crab was having great difficulty climbing over the Acropora colony.
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Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 2.9 m.
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Acropora aculeus colony. 3.5 m.
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Giant clam, Tridacna derasa. 3 m.
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Macro algae. 5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.6 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 7.4 m.
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Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. 6.7 m.
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Juvenile pearlscale angelfish, Centropyge vrolikii. 6.3 m.
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Fourline blenny, Escenius aequalis. 6.6 m.
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Solitary tunicate, Polycarpa aurata. 6.6 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 6.9 m.
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Mycedium elephantotus 6.9 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Sprirobranchus. sp., in Acropora sp. colony. 7.2 m.
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Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp., colonies. 6.7 m.
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Barramundi cod, Cromileptes altivelis. 5.1 m. This specimen was nearly a metre long. Larger image
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.4 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 5.5 m.
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Porites cyclindrica. 5.7 m.
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Crinoid. 5.2 m.
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Acropora sarmentosa colony. 5.4 m.
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Fungiid. 6 m.
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Two reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. 6.1 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.3 m.
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Christmas tree worms, Sprirobranchus. sp. 4.6 m. Larger image
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