Dive Details

Location

Date

28 May, 2007

Time

9:05am - 9:47am

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

25

Duration

42 minutes

Maximum depth

29.2 m

Average depth

15.0 m

Water temperature

26.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

1:25am

1.36m

High

7:02am

2.21m

Low

1:27pm

0.83m

High

8:10pm

2.42m

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.

Acropora sp. colony, probably A. grandulosa. 27.4 m.
 

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

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

Seriatopora hystrix. 29.1 m.
 

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

Acropora sp. colony. 28.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 28.9 m.
 

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

Seriatopora hystrix. 28.4 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 28.2 m.
 

Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 27.8 m.
 

Porites sp. colony. 27.4 m.
 

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

Acropora sp. colony. 26.9 m.
 

Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp. 25.2 m.
 

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

Montipora sp. colony. 27.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 26.4 m.
 

Reef scene. 25.2 m.
 

Reef scene. 25 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 25.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 23.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 23.6 m.
 

Seriatopora sp. colony. 23.1 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 22.6 m.
 

Pocillopora eydouxi. 22.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 21.8 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 21.8 m.
 

Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 21.8 m.
 

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.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 21.9 m.
 

Porites sp. colony and other corals. 21.9 m.
 

Reef scene. 23.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 21.1 m.
 

Pavona clavus colony. 20.1 m.
 

P. clavus colony. 18.3 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 17.7 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 16.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.9 m.
 

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

Acropora sp. colony. 10.7 m.
 

Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis 11.1 m.
 

Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 9.4 m.
 

Moorish idol, Z. cornutus. 7.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 7.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 7.3 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 7.7 m.
 

Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus. 7.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m.
 

Juvenile reef stonefish. Synanceia verrucosa. 4.9 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 4.8 m.
 

Carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla sp. 4.8 m.
 

Padalis. 6.2 m.