Dive Details

Location

Tracy's Wonderland, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR,

Date

15 September, 2005

Time

3:30pm - 4:27pm

Details

All the photographs on this dive were taken without a strobe which is why they all have a blue cast. Some photographs I have attempted to fix using PaintShopPro and they may look "photoshopped".

Buddy

Jamie Newman

Seas

Flat

Visibility

20

Duration

57 minutes

Maximum depth

17.5 m

Average depth

7.1 m

Water temperature

24.4°C

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

Low

1:36am

0.72m

High

7:02am

2.23m

Low

1:13pm

0.26m

High

7:42pm

3.10m

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.

Six-bar angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus. 16.3 m.
 

Acropora sp, colony. 11.8 m.
 

Acropora sp, colonies. 10.8 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 9.6 m.
 

Turbinaria sp., possibly T. reniformis. 9.2 m.
 

Acropora sp., possibly A. millepora. 8.8 m.
 

Hydnophora rigida. 9.1 m.
 

Acropora sp, colony. 11.5 m.
 

Turbinaria sp., possibly T. peltata. 10.7 m.
 

Turbinaria sp., possibly T. peltata. 10.9 m.
 

Acropora sp, colony. 9.9 m.
 

Acropora sp, colony. 8.9 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa. 8.2 m.
 

Stylophora pistillata. 8.4 m.
 

Heliofungia actiniformis. 6.2 m.
 

Amphiprion akindynos in anemone. 6 m.
 

Amphiprion akindynos in Stichodactyla sp. anemone, with Acropora colonies. 6.1 m.
 

Lobophyllia sp. with pocilloporids. 5.1 m.
 

Reef scene. 4.9 m.
 

Heliofungia actiniformis. 6.7 m.
 

Sea fan, Isis sp., with polyps retracted. 6.9 m.
 

Pachyseris sp., probably P. speciosa with clam, Tridacna sp. and surrounded by other corals. 7.5 m.
 

Symphyllia sp. 6.4 m.
 

Sea fan, Isis sp., with polyps extended. 7.9 m.
 

Pinnate batfish, Platax pinnatus. 5.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 4.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony surrounded by soft corals. 4.8 m.
 

Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis. 4.5 m.
 

A pair of coral beauties, Centropyge bispinosa, an arc-eye hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus, and yellow damsel. 6.1 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 6.6 m.
 

Turbinaria sp., possibly T. reniformis. 5.5 m.
 

Turtle weed, Chlorodesmis fastigiata. 3.3 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 3 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 3.3 m.
 

Symphyllia sp. colony. 4.9 m.
 

Pocillopora eydouxi. 4.8 m.
 

Reef scene dominated by soft corals, Lobophytum sp. 5.1 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 5.1 m.
 

Large Merulina sp. colony. 3.5 m.
 

Reef scene, with foreground dominated by soft corals and background by Acropora sp. colonies. 1.7 m.