Dive at Tracy's Wonderland, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR, on 4/9/03 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Tracy's Wonderland, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR,

Date

04 September, 2003

Time

5:14pm - 6:21pm

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

15 m

Duration

66 minutes

Maximum depth

12.7 m

Average depth

6.9 m

Water temperature

24.0°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

4:08am

1.64m

High

10:23am

0.79m

High

5:33pm

2.40m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Ephippidae

 

Platax teira

Longfin Batfish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

 

Citron Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Lined Butterflyfish

 

Black-back Butterflyfish

 

Merten's Butterflyfish

 

Ornate Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

 

Chevroned Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

 

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

 

Coral Beauty

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

 

Blackside Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Black-backed Wrasse

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

 

Acanthuridae

 

Orangespine Unicornfish

 

Naso unicornis

Blue-Spine Unicornfish

 

Balistidae

 

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

 

Monocanthidae

 

Paraluteres prionurus

Mimic Filefish

 

Tetraodontidae

 

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.


Spotted prawn goby, Amblyeleotris guttata at 8 m.
 

Isis sp. at 8 m with polyps expanded.
 

Isis sp. at 8 m with polyps retracted.
 

Two colonies of Acropora sp. touching at 6.3 m.