Dive Details

Location

London Fog Bommie, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

01 September, 2003

Time

11:59am - 1:05pm

Details

In lagoon

Buddy

Christy Schnitzler

Seas

Flat

Visibility

20 m

Duration

66 minutes

Maximum depth

19.4 m

Average depth

10.6 m

Water temperature

24.8°C

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

5:59am

0.81m

High

12:26pm

1.94m

High

6:17pm

1.20m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Citron Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Dusky Butterflyfish

Merten's Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Pearly-scaled Angel

Regal Angelfish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Dascyllus aruanus

Humbug Dascyllus

Three-spot Dascyllus

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Black-backed Wrasse

Bodianus axillaris

Coral Hogfish

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Cetoscarus bicolor

Bicolor Parrotfish

Red Firefish

Orangespine Unicornfish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Paraluteres prionurus

Mimic Filefish

Ostracion meleagris

Black Boxfish

Blackspotted Puffer

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled Puffer

Heliofungia actiniformis

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.

Pin-cushion sea star, Culcita novaeguinae, at 13 m.
 

Sinularia sp. at 18.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 20 m.
 

Sarcophyton sp. at 16.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 16.5 m.
 

Acropora granulosa at 16 m.
 

Sinularia sp. at 14 m.
 

Heliofungia actiniformis at 10 m.
 

Tridacna sp. at 10 m.
 

Porites sp. at 12 m.
 

Sarcophyton sp. at 14.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 12 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 12 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 10 m.
 

Tridacna sp. at 8 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 9 m.
 

Acropora hyacinthus at 9 m.
 

Goniopora sp. at 10.5 m.
 

Close-up of Goniopora sp. at 10.5 m.
 

Goniopora sp. at 11.5 m.
 

Fungia sp. at 12 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. at 12 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. at 11.5 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna sp., at 11 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa at 10 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 10 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica at 10.5 m.
 

Saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium, at 9.5 m.
 

Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus, at 11 m.
 

Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis, at 12 m.
 

Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris, at 12 m.