Dive at The Cod Hole, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, on 11/9/05 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

The Cod Hole, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR,

Date

11 September, 2005

Time

4:25pm - 5:47pm

Buddy

Tristan

Seas

Flat

Visibility

30

Duration

52 minutes

Maximum depth

13.0 m

Average depth

8.3 m

Water temperature

24.5°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

8:19am

1.17m

High

5:20pm

2.19m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Epinephelus tukula

Potato Cod

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon reticulatus

Reticulated Butterflyfish

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

 

Coral Beauty

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Blackside Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

 

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon Coolpix 4500

Housing

Ikelite 6186

Strobe

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50

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.


Potato cod, Epinephelus tukula.
 

Stylophora pistillata at 9.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 9.7 m.
 

Porites sp. at 9.8 m.
 

Porites sp. showing fluorescence.
 

Xeniid soft coral, possibly Cespitularia sp. at 9.3 m
 

Acropora sp. at 10.3 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus sp., in Porites sp., at 11.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 11 m.
 

Yellow long-nosed butteflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus, being cleaned by a juvenile cleaner wrase, Labroides dimidiatus, at 11.3 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa at 12 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 12.5 m.
 

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, at 12 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 10 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral, possibly Dendronephthya sp. at 10.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. at 10.5 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri at 5.5 m.
 

Pocillopora verrucosa at 6.5 m.
 

Acropora sp. and Xenia sp. at 8 m.
 

Acropora sp. and Xenia sp. showing fluorescence.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus sp., in Porites sp., at 5.9 m.
 

Amphiprion akindynos at 8.5 m.
 

Stylophora pistillata at 5.6 m.