Dive Details

Location

Steve's Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, GBR,

Date

15 September, 2005

Time

7:17am - 7:57am

Details

All the photographs on this dive were taken without a strobe which is why they all have a blue cast. The situation was made worse because the dive was so early in the morning. Some photographs I have attempted to fix using PaintShopPro and they may look "photoshopped".

Buddy

Jamie Newman

Seas

Flat

Visibility

30

Duration

41 minutes

Maximum depth

26.8 m

Average depth

11.8 m

Water temperature

24.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides

Low

1:36am

0.72m

High

7:02am

2.23m

Low

1:13pm

0.26m

High

7:42pm

3.10m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Chelonia mydas

Green Turtle

Leaf scorpionfish

Fairy Basslet

Purple Anthias

Royal Dottyback

Citron Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Lined Butterflyfish

Black-back Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Pearly-scaled Angel

Regal Angelfish

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

Black Anemonefish

Amphiprion percula

Clown anemonefish

Amphiprion perideraion

Pink Clownfish

Three-spot Dascyllus

Premnas biaculeatus

Spinecheek Anemonefish

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Coris aygula

Clown Wrasse

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Valenciennea strigata

Golden-headed Sleeper Goby

Red Firefish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Balistoides viridescens

Titan 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.

Heteractis magnifica with Amphiprion percula. 24.7 m.
 

Acropora aculeus colony. 25.4 m.
 

Acropora sp, colony. 18.2 m.
 

Heteractis magnifica with Amphiprion perideraion. 15.1 m.
 

Tubastraea sp. colony. 17.1 m.
 

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. 14.3 m.
 

Heteractis sp. anemone with Amphiprion perideraion. 11.6 m.
 

Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. 10 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 9.9 m.
 

Large anemone, possibly Heteractis magnifica. 10 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.4 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 10.7 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 8.2 m.
 

Spine-cheek anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus in bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 6.1 m.
 

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 6.1 m.
 

Fromia indica. 5.9 m.
 

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 7.2 m.