Dive Details

Location

Pavona Clavus, Ribbon Reef #5, GBR

Date

04 September, 2003

Time

10:36am - 11:31am

Details

Southern end of RR #5.

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

15 m

Duration

54 minutes

Maximum depth

26.6 m

Average depth

13.5 m

Water temperature

23.6°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

4:08am

1.64m

Low

10:23am

0.79m

High

5:33pm

2.40m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

 

Purple Anthias

 

Ephippidae

 

Platax teira

Longfin Batfish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

 

Coral Beauty

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

 

Labridae

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

 

Gobiidae

 

Amblygobius rainfordi

Rainford's Goby

 

Acanthuridae

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

 

Balistidae

 

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled 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.


Tunicate, Polycapra aurata, at 23 m.
 

Tunicate, Polycapra aurata, at 23.5 m.
 

Favites sp., probably F. abdita, at 23.5 m.
 

Fluorescence in the above Favites sp..
 

Sea cucumber, probably Synaptula lamperti, at 26.5 m.
 

Sponge at 27 m.
 

Orange sponge at 25.5 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Scleronephthya sp. at 23.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 21 m.
 

Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
 

Acropora sp. at 18.5 m.
 

Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
 

Polyclad flatworm, Pseudobiceros hancockanus, at 17.5 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, at 16.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 16 m.
 

Fluorescence in above Acropora sp..
 

Sponge at 16.5 m.
 

Barrier reef anamonefish, Amphiprion akindynos, at 15.5 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, at 16 m.
 

Tunicate, Clavelina robusta, at 17 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. at 17 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. shot with filters to detect fluorescence at 17 m.