Dive Details

Location

North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

12 September, 2005

Time

11:55am - 12:35pm

Buddy

Jamie Newman

Seas

Flat

Visibility

40

Duration

40 minutes

Maximum depth

31.8 m

Average depth

13.5 m

Water temperature

24.9°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

12:36am

1.36m

High

4:25am

1.56m

Low

10:31am

1.03m

High

5:59pm

2.47m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Spotfin Lionfish

Epinephelus tukula

Potato Cod

Pseudanthias hypselosoma

Pink Seaperch

Fairy Basslet

Purple Anthias

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Citron Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Dusky Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Lined Butterflyfish

Black-back Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Chaetodon reticulatus

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Regal Angelfish

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Cirrhitichthys falco

Coral Hawkfish

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Black-backed Wrasse

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Yellow Wrasse

Checkerboard Wrasse

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Thalassoma janseni

Jansen's Wrasse

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Red Firefish

Acanthurus lineatus

Lined Surgeon

Acanthurus nigricans

Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

Dusky Surgeon

Orangespine Unicornfish

Naso unicornis

Blue-Spine Unicornfish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Siganus corallinus

Coral Rabbitfish

Balistoides viridescens

Titan Triggerfish

Grey Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

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.

Sea fan. 30.5 m.
 

Anemone fish, Amphiprion sp. 29.5 m.
 

Humphead bannerfish, Heniochus varius. 29.3 m.
 

Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. 22.7 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. colony. 23.1 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 23.1 m.
 

A pair of red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 20.5 m.
 

Potato cod, Epinephelus tukula, being cleaned by a bicolor cleaner wrasse, Labroides bicolor, and a common cleaner wrasse, L. dimidiatus. 20 m.
 

Amphiprion chrysopterus in Heteractis crispa. 17.5 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 14 m.
 

Heliofungia actiniformis. 14.9 m.
 

Algae on rocks. 11.6 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 10 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 10 m.
 

Pocillopora sp,, probably P, eydouxi, but possibly P. woodjonesi. 8.3 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 8.2 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 8.2 m.
 

Porites sp. colony. 7.7 m.
 

Porites sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 7.7 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna and soft coral, Xenia sp. 6 m.
 

Reef Scene. 7.4 m.
 

Reef Scene. 6 m.
 

White-cheek surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricans. 5 m.
 

Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus. 4.6 m.