Dive at Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR on 15/9/02 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR

Date

15 September, 2002

Time

4:18pm - 5:26pm

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15

Duration

68 minutes

Maximum depth

9.4 m

Average depth

5.4 m

Water temperature

25.0°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

12:15am

1.01m

High

5:23am

1.70m

Low

11:20am

0.73m

High

6:15pm

2.56m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

 

Pseudochromidae

 

Royal Dottyback

Medium

Few

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Pseudanthias huchtii

Threadfin Anthias

Medium

Many

 

Fairy Basslet

Medium

Many

 

Purple Anthias

Medium

Many

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Chaetodon bennetti

Bennett's Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Lined Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Black-back Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Ornate Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Rainford's Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Large

Few

 

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Large

Many

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

Large

Many

 

Coral Beauty

Large

Many

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

Large

Many

 

Regal Angelfish

Large

Few

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Large

Few

 

Labridae

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Large

Many

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Labroides pectoralis

Breastspot Cleaner Wrasse

Large

1

 

Gobiidae

 

Amblygobius rainfordi

Rainford's Goby

Medium

Many

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Large

Many

 

Acanthuridae

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Medium

Many

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Large

Few

 

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Large

Few