Dive at Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, on 31/8/03 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Challenger Bay, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR,

Date

31 August, 2003

Time

9:36am - 10:25am

Details

'The Monolith'

This was my first dive with the new camera/housing in clear water and most of the pictures are overexposed. I was also using the TTL sync cord and relying on the camera to control the strobe. This does not work well with the camera in the housing.

Seas

flat

Visibility

15 m

Duration

48 minutes

Maximum depth

11.2 m

Average depth

6.1 m

Water temperature

24.3°C
                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

5:12am

0.73m

High

11:16am

2.05m

Low

5:17pm

0.88m

High

11:31pm

2.27m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number
  Fish

 

 Synodontidae

 

Reef Lizardfish

 

 Serranidae

 

Pseudanthias huchtii

Threadfin Anthias

Medium

Few

 

Fairy Basslet

Medium

Few

 

 Chaetodontidae

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Lined Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chaetodon lunula

Racoon Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chaetodon lunulatus

Oval Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Large

2

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Large

Few

 

 Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

Medium

Many

 

Coral Beauty

Small

Few

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

Large

Few

 

Regal Angelfish

Large

Few

 

 Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Medium

Few

 

 Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Large

1

 

 Labridae

 

Black-backed Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

Large

Many

 

Half-and-Half Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Large

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Large

Few

 

 Pinguipedidae

 

Speckled Sandperch

 

 Blenniidae

 

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

Eye-lash Harptail Blenny

Large

Many

 

 Acanthuridae

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Medium

Many

 

 Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

 

 Signanidae

 

Siganus puellus

Bluelined Rabbitfish

Large

1

 

 Balistidae

 

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

Large

Few

 

Balistoides viridescens

Titan Triggerfish

Large

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon Coolpix 4500

Housing

Ikelite 6186

Strobe

Ikelite SubStrobe DS50

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.

Pocillopora verrucosa at 11 m.
 

Thelenota ananas at 10.5 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus, sp. at 10 m.
 

Christy.
 

Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma, at 7 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 7 m.
 

Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, at 7.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 6.5 m.
 

Two Acropora spp. at 4 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna, sp. at 3.3 m.
 

Diploastrea heliopora at 6.5 m.
 

Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, at 8.3 m.
 

Merulina scabricula at 7.3 m.
 

Xenia sp. and Acropora sp. at 5.6 m.
 

Merulina sp. at 4.4 m.