Dive Details
Location
Eastern Side, Shark Reef, Coral Sea,
Date
14 September, 2005
Time
12:14pm - 1:01pm
Details
The photographs were taken without a strobe and, due to the depth, most are very blue. Some colour correction was attempted.
Buddy
Jamie Newman
Seas
Slight
Visibility
40
Duration
45 minutes
Maximum depth
16.1 m
Average depth
12.0 m
Water temperature
24.9°C
Site Map
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides
Low
1:07am
0.92m
High
6:23am
1.99m
Low
12:30pm
0.49m
High
7:07pm
2.95m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Fairy Basslet
Purple Anthias
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Citron Butterflyfish
Saddled Butterflyfish
Dusky Butterflyfish
Klein's Butterflyfish
Lined Butterflyfish
Racoon Butterflyfish
Black-back Butterflyfish
Merten's Butterflyfish
Ornate Butterflyfish
Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish
Blue-dash Butterflyfish
Oval-Spot Butterflyfish
Chevroned Butterflyfish
Redfin Butterflyfish
Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Bannerfish
Pennant Bannerfish
Masked Bannerfish
Bicolor Angel
Coral Beauty
Herald's Angelfish
Pearly-scaled Angel
Regal Angelfish
Barrier Reef Anemonefish
Orange-fin Anemonefish
Pink Clownfish
Three-spot Dascyllus
Arc-eye Hawkfish
Blackside Hawkfish
Black-backed Wrasse
Bodianus axillaris
Coral Hogfish
Gaimard's Wrasse
Cleaner Wrasse
Macropharyngodon negrosensis
Black Leopard Wrasse
Two-tone Wrasse
Moon Wrasse
Yellow Moon Wrasse
Red Firefish
Arrow Goby
Pencilled Surgeon
Orange-blotch Surgeon
Mimic Surgeonfish
Blue Tang
Brown Sailfin Tang
Moorish Idol
Orange-lined Triggerfish
Clown Triggerfish
Half-moon Triggerfish
Black Boxfish
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon Coolpix 4500
Housing
Ikelite 6186
Strobe
None
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.
Reef scene. 14.1 m.
Reef scene. 13.4 m.
Reef scene. 13.7 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 14.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 14.4 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 15.3 m.
Reef scene. 14.3 m.
Reef scene. 15.1 m.
Reef scene. 15.5 m.
A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14.2 m.
A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14 m.
Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in anemone, Heteractis crispa. 14.8 m.
A large school of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 14.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 15.4 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 15.4 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 12.6 m.
Acropora sp. colony with 2 saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium. 12.8 m.
Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes. 14.2 m.
Undersea Explorer from below. 8.2 m.