Dive Details

Location

Date

21 August, 2008

Time

7:55am - 8:45am

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20m

Duration

50 minutes

Maximum depth

14.6 m

Average depth

6.1 m

Water temperature

23.5°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

5:35am

0.98m

High

11:38am

2.04m

Low

5:30pm

1.25m

High

11:21pm

2.19m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.

Sea cucumber, Thelenota ananas. 13.6 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral, probably Dendronephthya. 12.4 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya. 12.3 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna gigas. 4.1 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna gigas. 5 m.
 

Stony coral, Diploastrea heliopora. 2.6 m.
 

Juvenile mimic surgeonfish, Acanthurus pyroferus, mimicing pearlscale angelfish, Centropyge vrolikii. 5.5 m.
 

Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis. 4.9 m.