Dive at Long Bay, Malabar, NSW, on 23/4/05 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Long Bay, Malabar, NSW,

Date

23 April, 2005

Time

1:55pm - 3:01pm

Details

Southern side. Entered at boat ramp and head to pool and back. No Citizen Hyper Aqualand for this dive as it is getting its battery replaced and pressure tested.

Seas

Flat

Visibility

3-10m

Duration

66 minutes

                                       

Site Map

Tides

Low

1:17am

0.47m

High

7:18am

1.56m

Low

1:27pm

0.38m

High

7:45pm

1.67m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Small

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

Many

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Small

Many

 

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

Dusky Surgeon

Small

Few

 

Balistidae

 

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Small

1

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Small

1

  Cephalopods

 

Octopodidae

 

Octopus tetricus

Common Sydney Octopus

Medium

1

 

Sepiidae

 

Sepia apama

Giant Cuttlefish

Large

1

 

Sepia mestus

Reaper Cuttlefish

Small

2