Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 13/7/01 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

13 July, 2001

Time

1:58pm - 3:17pm

Seas

1m

Visibility

10

Duration

79 minutes

Maximum depth

11.3 m

Average depth

5.3 m

Water temperature

20.4°C

                                       

Tides

High

12:45am

1.40m

Low

7:29am

0.50m

High

1:51pm

1.30m

Low

7:35pm

0.70m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Medium

1

 

Fairy Basslet

Medium

Few

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Small

1

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

GŸnther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Pomacentridae

 

Half-and-Half Puller

Medium

Few

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

Few

 

Pomacentrus australis

Australian Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Cirrhitichthys aprinus

Blotched Hawkfish

Medium

Few

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Diamond Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Microdesmidae

 

Ptereleotris microlepis

Green-eye Dart Goby

Medium

Few

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Large

1

 

Balistidae

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Large

Few

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Few

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Large

Few

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

 

Crustaceans

 

Stenopodidae

Banded Coral Shrimp

50

Banded Coral Shrimp

50