Dive Details |
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Location |
Admiralty Anchor, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
28 May, 2007 |
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Time |
9:05am - 9:47am |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Choppy |
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Visibility |
25 |
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Duration |
42 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
29.2 m |
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Average depth |
15.0 m |
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Water temperature |
26.7°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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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. grandulosa. 27.4 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. grandulosa. 28.1 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. grandulosa. 28.9 m. |

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Seriatopora hystrix. 29.1 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. grandulosa. 29 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 28.7 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 28.9 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. aculeus. 28.7 m. |

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Seriatopora hystrix. 28.4 m. |

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Montipora sp. colony. 28.2 m. |

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Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 27.8 m. |

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Porites sp. colony. 27.4 m. |

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Hydrocoral, Millepora sp., stony coral, Acropora sp. (probably A. aculeus), and soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 27.1 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 26.9 m. |

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Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 25.2 m. |

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Montipora sp. colony with Acropora sp. colony (probably A. aculeus). 26.8 m. |

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Montipora sp. colony. 27.1 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 26.4 m. |

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Reef scene. 25.2 m. |

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Reef scene. 25 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 25.2 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 23.7 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 23.6 m. |

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Seriatopora sp. colony. 23.1 m. |

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Clam, Tridacna sp. 22.6 m. |

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Pocillopora eydouxi. 22.1 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 21.8 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 21.8 m. |

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Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 21.8 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony, probably A. aculeus. 22.1 m. Note the Centropyge multifasciata to the right. This is quite a secretive species which I have been trying to photograph for some time. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 21.9 m. |

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Porites sp. colony and other corals. 21.9 m. |

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Reef scene. 23.4 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 21.1 m. |

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Pavona clavus colony. 20.1 m. |

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P. clavus colony. 18.3 m. |

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Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 17.7 m. |

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Clam, Tridacna sp. 16.2 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 10.9 m. |

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Soft coral, Xenia sp., colony. 10.3 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 10.7 m. |

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Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis 11.1 m. |

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Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 9.4 m. |

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Moorish idol, Z. cornutus. 7.5 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 7.5 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 7.3 m. |

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Clam, Tridacna sp. 7.7 m. |

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Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus. 7.2 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m. |

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Juvenile reef stonefish. Synanceia verrucosa. 4.9 m. |

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Acropora sp. colony. 4.8 m. |

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Carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla sp. 4.8 m. |

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Padalis. 6.2 m. |
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