Dive at Eastern Side, Shark Reef, Coral Sea, on 14/9/05 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Eastern Side, Shark Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

14 September, 2005

Time

3:44pm - 4:22pm

Buddy

Tristan

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30

Duration

38 minutes

Maximum depth

18.7 m

Average depth

13.0 m

Water temperature

24.8°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

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

 

Purple Anthias

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon bennetti

Bennett's Butterflyfish

 

Citron Butterflyfish

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Lined Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon lunula

Racoon Butterflyfish

 

Black-back Butterflyfish

 

Merten's Butterflyfish

 

Ornate Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

 

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish

 

Chevroned Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

 

Teardrop Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

 

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

Pyramid Butterflyfish

 

Bannerfish

 

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

 

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

 

Coral Beauty

 

Herald's Angelfish

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

 

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

 

Amphiprion perideraion

Pink Clownfish

 

Three-spot Dascyllus

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

 

Blackside Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Black-backed Wrasse

 

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

 

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

 

Thalassoma amblycephalum

Two-tone Wrasse

 

Thalassoma janseni

Jansen's Wrasse

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

 

Microdesmidae

 

Red Firefish

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

 

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

 

Blue Tang

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

 

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

 

Balistidae

 

Balistoides conspicillum

Clown Triggerfish

 

Balistoides viridescens

Titan Triggerfish

  Sharks, Rays

 

Hemigaleidae

 

Whitetip Reef Shark