Dive Details |
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Location |
Manta Reef, North West Solitary Island, NSW, |
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Date |
22 September, 2007 |
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Time |
11:47am - 12:50pm |
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Buddy |
Colin Keene, Tim Everest |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
10 |
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Duration |
64 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
8.3 m |
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Average depth |
6.0 m |
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Water temperature |
19.3°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Yamba, NSW (NW Solitary Island 2 minutes later) |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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High |
4:22am |
0.92m |
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Low |
9:47am |
0.48m |
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High |
4:53pm |
1.38m |
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Low |
11:39pm |
0.36m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Number |
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
Large |
Few |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon guentheri
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Günther's butterflyfish |
Medium |
Few |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge tibicen
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Keyhole Angelfish |
Large |
1 |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys falco |
Coral Hawkfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Labridae |
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Achoerodus viridis |
Eastern Blue Groper |
Large |
1 |
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Anampses caeruleopunctatus
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Diamond Wrasse |
Medium |
Few |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
Medium |
Many |
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Coris picta |
Comb Wrasse |
Large |
Few |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Large |
Few |
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Macropharyngodon meleagris
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
Small |
1 |
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Macropharyngodon negrosensis |
Black Leopard Wrasse |
Medium |
1 |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
Large |
Many |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
Large |
Many |
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Acanthuridae |
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Paracanthurus hepatus
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Blue Tang |
Large |
Few |
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Prionurus microlepidotus |
Sawtail |
Large |
Many |
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Balistidae |
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Sufflamen chrysopterus
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
Large |
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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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Stylophora pistillata colony. 6.6 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
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Sea star. 6.8 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.5 m.
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Organ pipe coral, Tubipora sp. 6.7 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.8 m.
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Leathery sea anemone, Heteractis crispa. 6.6 m
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Turbinaria sp. colony. 6.4 m.
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Turbinaria sp. colony. 6.2 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7.3 m.
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Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7.3 m.
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Sea star, growing from a single arm. 7.4 m.
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Collector sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 7 m.
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Sea star. 6.8 m.
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Sea star, growing two new arms. 7 m.
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Egg cowrie, Ovula ovum. 7 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.1 m.
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Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7 m.
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Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 7.5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.7 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.8 m.
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Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7 m.
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Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.9 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 7 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 6.3 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
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Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 6.8 m.
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Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 7.3 m.
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Close-up of faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 7.3 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.5 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 7.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.9 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.2 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 4.7 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 4.6 m.
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Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 6.7 m.
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Blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus. 4.5 m.
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Blue tang, P. hepatus. 3.6 m.
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