Dive Details

Location

Date

01 June, 2007

Time

7:47am - 8:45am

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15m

Duration

58 minutes

Maximum depth

17.2 m

Average depth

9.8 m

Water temperature

25.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland (AEST)

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

Low

3:31am

1.45m

High

8:23am

1.91m

Low

2:42pm

0.68m

High

9:52pm

2.53m

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. 16.9 m.
 

Red seastar, Fromia indica. 16.6 m.
 

Humbug damselfish, Dascyllus aranus, in Pocillopora damicornis colony. 15.4 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus. 14.6 m.
 

Christmas tree worms, S. giganteus. 14.5 m.
 

Pectinia sp. colony, probably P. paeonia. 12.6 m.
 

Tunicate, Polycarpa aurata. 12.2 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 12.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 12.1 m.
 

Anterior end of a sea cucumber, Bohadschia graeffi, showing feeding tentacles. 11.8 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.6 m.
 

Pectinia sp. colonies, probably P. paeonia. 10.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.2 m.
 

Acropora millepora colony. 10.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. branch. 10.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.5 m.
 

Juvenile bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor. 9.9 m.
 

Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus. 13.8 m.
 

Red seastar, Fromia indica. 14.2 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus. 12.3 m.
 

Stylophora pistillata colony. 12.1 m.
 

Acropora aculeus colony. 10.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 9.8 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 9.7 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, colony. 7.3 m.
 

Caulastrea sp. colony, probably C. furcata. 7.3 m.
 

Caulastrea sp. colony, probably C. furcata. 7.2 m.
 

Diploastrea heliopora colony. 7.4 m. Larger image
 

D. heliopora colony. 7.3 m.
 

Pectiniid coral colony. 6.9 m.
 

Brown sailfin tang, Zebrasoma scopas. 7.6 m.
 

Masked rabbitfish, Siganus puellus. 7.4 m.
 

Hermit crab in Acropora sp. colony. 7.4 m.
 

Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis. 7.7 m.
 

Crinoid. 7.4 m.
 

Sea fan. 6.2 m.
 

Acropora aculeus colony. 5.3 m.
 

Goniopora sp. colony. 4.7 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 5.8 m.
 

A. sarmentosa colony. 5.9 m.