Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 29/5/04 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

29 May, 2004

Time

11:26am - 12:30pm

Details

Snorkelled to the end of the island and descended. Checked out the reefs and came back along rock reef.

Buddy

Hans Mueller

Seas

Slight

Visibility

8

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

12.0 m

Average depth

6.6 m

Water temperature

19.1°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

3:26am

1.49m

Low

10:01am

0.46m

High

4:25pm

1.42m

Low

10:20pm

0.66m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Reptiles

 

Cheloniidae

 

Chelonia mydas

Green Turtle

Medium

1

  Fish

 

Monocentridae

 

Cleidopus gloriamaris

Pineapplefish

Large

Many

 

Serranidae

 

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

Small

Few

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

2

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

2

 

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

Many

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

1

 

Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

Conspicuous Angelfish

Small

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

 

Labridae

 

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Large

Few

 

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

2

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Gobiidae

 

Valenciennea strigata

Golden-headed Sleeper Goby

Medium

1

 

Microdesmidae

 

Tail-spot Dart Goby

Large

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

Medium

2

 

Balistidae

 

Sufflamen bursa

Boomerrang Triggerfish

Medium

Few

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Small

Few

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Many

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Medium

Few

  Sharks, Rays

 

Rhinobatidae

 

Trygonrrhina fasciata

Fiddler Ray

Large

1

  Crustaceans

 

Stenopodidae

 

Banded Coral Shrimp

Medium

Few

  Gastropods

 

Dorididae

 

Nudibranch

Large

Many

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

 

Fish

 

Serranidae

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

25

Purple-Yellow Seaperch

30

 

Pomacanthidae

Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

Conspicuous Angelfish

15