Dive Details |
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Location |
North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
28 May, 2007 |
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Time |
12:05pm - 12:58pm |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
30m |
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Duration |
53 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
29.6 m |
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Average depth |
13.2 m |
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Water temperature |
26.6°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 |
1:25am |
1.36m |
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High |
7:02am |
2.21m |
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Low |
1:27pm |
0.83m |
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High |
8:10pm |
2.42m |
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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Carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii, with orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 28.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 25.4 m.
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Three white-tip reef sharks, Triaenodon obesus. 23.1 m.
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A pair of red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 23.1 m.
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A pair of red firefish, N. magnifica. 22.2 m.
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Red firefish, N. magnifica. 22.1 m.
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Tiger blenny, Escenius tigris. 21.6 m.
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Tiger blenny, E. tigris. 21.7 m.
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Reef scene. 20.8 m.
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Reef scene. 20.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 20.5 m.
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Seriatopora hystrix colony with chromis, Chromis iomelas. 17.5 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 17.4 m.
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Merulina sp. colony. 17.6 m.
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Damselfish, Parma sp., with juvenile cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. 16.7 m.
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Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis. 15.5 m.
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Arc-eye hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus. 15.3 m.
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Adult slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. 13.7 m.
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Juvenile slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. 13.2 m.
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Stylophora pistillata colony. 12.8 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 12.9 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 10.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 11.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 10 m.
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Tiger blenny, Escenius tigris. 10.5 m.
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Pocillopora eydouxi. 8.3 m.
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Orange-spotted filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. 7 m.
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A pair of orange-spotted filefish, O. longirostris. 7.5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.7 m.
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Soft coral, Xenia sp., colony. 6.4 m.
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Blenny, Cirripectes sp. 6 m.
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A mixed pair of anemonefish: orange-fin, Amphiprion chrysopterus, and barrier reef, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
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Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
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Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
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Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
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Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 6.9 m.
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Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
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Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
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A mixed pair of anemonefish: orange-fin, A., and barrier reef, A. akindynos. 7 m.
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Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp., colonies. 5.1 m.
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Reef scene. 4.7 m.
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Reef scene. 4.4 m.
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Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis. 5.4 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 5.7 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, P. forsteri. 4.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 4.8 m.
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Two small Acropora sp. colonies surrounded by algae. 4.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 4.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 4.5 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. (below) and Pocillopora verrucosa colonies. 4.8 m.
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Algae. 4.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colonies and algae. 4.4 m.
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