Dive Details |
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Location |
Anemone Bay, North Solitary Island, NSW, |
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Date |
22 September, 2007 |
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Time |
9:04am - 10:01am |
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Buddy |
Tim Everest, Colin Keene |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
10m |
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Duration |
57 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
20.0 m |
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Average depth |
11.6 m |
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Water temperature |
20.0°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 |
2 |
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Malacanthidae |
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Malacanthus brevirostris |
Flagtail Blanquillo |
Large |
2 |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon guentheri
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Günther's butterflyfish |
Large |
Many |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Chaetodon unimaculatus
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Teardrop Butterflyfish |
Large |
1 |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Heniochus acuminatus
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Bannerfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Heniochus monoceros |
Masked Bannerfish |
Medium |
2 |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge tibicen
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Keyhole Angelfish |
Large |
Few |
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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion akindynos
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Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
Large |
Many |
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Amphiprion latezonatus |
Wide-band Anemonefish |
Large |
Many |
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Dascyllus trimaculatus
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Three-spot Dascyllus |
Large |
Many |
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Pomacentrus coelestis |
Blue Damsel |
Medium |
Many |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys falco |
Coral Hawkfish |
Medium |
1 |
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Labridae |
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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 |
Few |
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Coris picta |
Comb Wrasse |
Large |
Many |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
Large |
Many |
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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 |
Small |
1 |
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Balistidae |
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Sufflamen chrysopterus
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
Large |
Few |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Arothron hispidus |
Stars and Stripes Puffer |
Large |
1 |
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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Leathery sea anemones, Heteractis crispa. 19.5 m.
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Leathery sea anemone, H. cripsa. 19.8 m.
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Blue-lip anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus, in leathery sea anemones, H. crispa. 19.7 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 19.7 m.
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Xenia sp. colony. 19.7 m.
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Sea star, Ophidiaster confertus. 19.5 m.
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Pocilloporid, possibly Pocillopora damicornis. 19.5 m.
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Sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 19.5 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 18 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, A. akindynos, in leathery sea anemones, Heteractis crispa. 18 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, A. akindynos, in leathery sea anemones, H. crispa. 18 m.
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Barrier Reef anemonefish, A. akindynos, in leathery sea anemones, H. crispa. 18.2 m.
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Blue-lip anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. 17.9 m.
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Blue-lip anemonefish, A. latezonatus. 18 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 17.8 m.
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Yellow moon wrasse, Thalassoma lutescens. 17.8 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya. 17.8 m.
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Goniopora sp. colony. 17.5 m.
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Goniopora sp. colony. 17.6 m.
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Pocilloporid, possibly Pocillopora damicornis. 17.6 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 17.6 m.
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Faviid colony. 17.3 m.
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Bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 17.6 m. Note the two small sea hares (possibly Elysia sp.) to the left of the anemone.
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Blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, in Acropora sp. colony. 16.3 m.
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Sea cucumber. 16 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 15 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 14.8 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 15 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya. 14.8 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 13.2 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 12.9 m.
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Stars and stripes puffer, Arothron hispidus. 14 m.
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Encrusting coral, possibly Echinophyllia sp., colony. 13.5 m.
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Encrusting coral, possibly Echinophyllia sp., colony. 13.6 m.
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Sun coral, Tubastraea sp., colony. 13 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya. 11.9 m.
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Fluffy corallimorphs. 11.8 m.
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Fluffy corallimorphs. 12 m.
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Fluffy corallimorphs. 11.8 m.
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Sea cucumber. 9.4 m.
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Xenia sp. colony. 8.9 m.
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Pocilloporid, possibly Pocillopora damicornis. 7.9 m.
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Alga, probably turtle weed, Chlorodesmis fastigata. 7 m.
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Bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 7 m.
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Colonial ascidians. 6.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6.7 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 6.8 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 6.9 m.
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Stony coral, probably Acanthastrea sp. or Favites sp. 6.7 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 6 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 6.2 m.
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Male black-cheek threefin, Enneapterygius rufopileus. 5.2 m.
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Male black-cheek threefin, E. rufopileus, 25 seconds later than above. 5 m.
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Soft coral, possibly Cespitularia sp. 5.4 m.
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Acropora sp. colony. 5.8 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m.
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Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m.
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Sea star, Ophidiaster confertus. 8 m.
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Colonial ascidians. 8.3 m.
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Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus. sp. 9.3 m.
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Acanthastrea sp., probably A. lordhowensis. 7.8 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya. 8 m.
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Sea star, Ophidiaster confertus. 7.2 m.
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