Dive Details
Location
Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,
Date
25 March, 2006
Time
11:02am - 12:11pm
Buddy
Hans Mueller, Bernie Davison, Tim Everest
Seas
Slight
Visibility
20m
Duration
69 minutes
Maximum depth
10.1 m
Average depth
5.5 m
Water temperature
23.4°C
Tides
High
5:19am
1.61m
Low
12:16pm
0.39m
High
6:20pm
1.25m
Low
11:22pm
0.56m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Chelonia mydas
Green Turtle
Small
1
Pineapplefish
Large
2
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Medium
1
Citron Butterflyfish
Medium
2
Günther's butterflyfish
Medium
Many
Klein's Butterflyfish
Small
Many
Chelmonops truncatus
Truncate Coralfish
Medium
1
Keyhole Angelfish
Small
1
Blue Damsel
Medium
Many
Gaimard's Wrasse
Medium
1
Comb Wrasse
Medium
Many
Cleaner Wrasse
Small
Few
Eastern Leopard Wrasse
Small
2
Red-Spot Wrasse
Small
Few
Moon Wrasse
Small
Few
Pencilled Surgeon
Small
Many
Prionurus microlepidotus
Sawtail
Small
Few
Moorish Idol
Small
Many
Half-moon Triggerfish
Small
1
Yellow Boxfish
Small
Many
Black Boxfish
Medium
1
Clown Toby
Large
1
Port Jackson Shark
Large
1
Common Stingaree
Medium
Few
Notes
Bernie saw a Centropyge bicolor.
Species Caught
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Klein's Butterflyfish
Cleaner Wrasse
Eastern Leopard Wrasse
Notes
Bernie caught a small Coris gaimard and two small Labroides dimidiatus
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon Coolpix 4500
Housing
Ikelite 6186
Strobe
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50
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.
Anthothoe albocincta at 2.7 m.
Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus, at 4.8 m
Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus, at 3.5 m.
Moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus, at 7.3 m.
Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 8.5 m.
Pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, at 8.8 m.