Dive Details

Location

Eastern Side, Shark Reef, Coral Sea

Date

14 September, 2005

Time

8:28am - 9:08am

Details

Drift Dive.

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

50

Duration

41 minutes

Maximum depth

26.5 m

Average depth

14.0 m

Water temperature

24.8°C

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

Chaetodon bennetti

Bennett's Butterflyfish

Citron Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Lined Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lunula

Racoon Butterflyfish

Merten's Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Chaetodon reticulatus

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Bannerfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Heniochus monoceros

Masked Bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Herald's Angelfish

Genicanthus melanospilos

Blackspot Angelfish

Regal Angelfish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Amphiprion perideraion

Pink Clownfish

Cirrhitichthys falco

Coral Hawkfish

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Black-backed Wrasse

Bodianus axillaris

Coral Hogfish

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides pectoralis

Breastspot Cleaner Wrasse

Red Firefish

Ptereleotris evides

Arrow Goby

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Blue Tang

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

Balistoides conspicillum

Clown Triggerfish

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.

Acropora sp. colony. 25.4 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. colony. 24.9 m.
 

Pocillopora verrucosa and Xenia sp. colony. 23.3 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus in anemone, Heteractis crispa. 25.3 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. colony. 21.6 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 19.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 18 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 16.9 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 15.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 13.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 13.9 m.
 

Reef scene. 13.7 m.
 

Reef scene. 13.3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 13.5 m.
 

Reef scene. 10.2 m.
 

Simon. 10.1 m.
 

Tristan. 10 m.
 

Rosco. 5 m.
 

Rosco. 5.7 m.
 

Rosco. 5.4 m.