Dive Details

Location

Admiralty Anchor, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

01 September, 2003

Time

8:29am - 9:14am

Buddy

Christy Schnitzler

Seas

Flat

Visibility

30 m

Duration

44 minutes

Maximum depth

29.6 m

Average depth

16.1 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

Squarespot Anthias

Fairy Basslet

Purple Anthias

Hawk Anthias

Royal Dottyback

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Citron Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Lined Butterflyfish

Merten's Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Coral Beauty

Herald's Angelfish

Paracentropyge multifasciatus

Multi-barred Angelfish

Regal Angelfish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Three-spot Dascyllus

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Black-backed Wrasse

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Yellow Wrasse

Hemigymnus fasciatus

Barred Thicklip

Half-and-Half Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

Eye-lash Harptail Blenny

Red Firefish

Ptereleotris evides

Arrow Goby

Acanthurus pyroferus

Mimic Surgeonfish

Orangespine Unicornfish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

Blackspotted Puffer

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.

Acropora grandulosa at 29 m.
 

Mycedium elephantotus at 28.5 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica, at 29 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 29 m.
 

Seriatopora hystrix at 29 m
 

Lobophyllia pachysepta at 28.5 m.
 

Squarespot Anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, at 28.5 m.
 

Seriatopora hystrix at 26.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 27 m.
 

Blackside Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri at 25.7 m.
 

Sarcophyton sp. at 25.7 m.
 

Xenia sp. at 25 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 25 m.
 

Acropora humilis at 23.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 23 m.
 

Pavona clavus at 20.5 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. at 21 m.
 

Seriatopora hystrix at 21 m
 

Acropora sp. at 22 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 22 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna sp., at 17 m.
 

Seriatopora hystrix at 18 m
 

Acropora sp. at 15 m.
 

Acropora hyacinthus at 12.5 m.
 

Acropora hyacinthus at 12.5 m.
 

Blackside Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri in Pocillopora verrucosa at 12 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna sp., at 14 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 12 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 12 m.
 

Arc-eye Hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus at 5 m.
 

Acropora aspera at 6.5 m.
 

Stichodactyla mertensii at 6.7 m.
 

Reef scene at 8 m.
 

Reef scene at 8 m.
 

Reef scene at 8 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 8 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 7 m.
 

Porites sp. at 7 m.
 

Fire coral, Millepora sp. at 7 m.