Dive at Long Bay, Malabar, NSW, on 14/2/04 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Long Bay, Malabar, NSW,

Date

14 February, 2004

Time

12:19pm - 1:50pm

Details

Entered at the emergency boat ramp and headed south east. Also looked to the west of the boat ramp on the way back.

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5m

Duration

91 minutes

Maximum depth

6.5 m

Average depth

2.8 m

Water temperature

20.2°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

3:08am

1.51m

Low

9:43am

0.54m

High

3:36pm

1.18m

Low

9:29pm

0.54m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Half-and-Half Puller

Small

1

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

Many

 

Labridae

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

1

 

Blenniidae

 

Aspidontus taeniatus

False Cleanerfish

Medium

1

 

Gobiidae

 

Valenciennea strigata

Golden-headed Sleeper Goby

Small

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Small

Many

 

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

Dusky Surgeon

Small

Many

  Cephalopods

 

Octopodidae

 

Octopus tetricus

Common Sydney Octopus

Large

1

 

Sepiidae

 

Sepia mestus

Reaper Cuttlefish

Medium

2

  Sea Anemones

 

Actiniidae

 

Phlyctenactis tuberculosa

Swimming Anemone

Medium

1