Dive at Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW, on 29/4/06 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

29 April, 2006

Time

11:48am - 12:59pm

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

5m

Duration

69 minutes

Maximum depth

8.4 m

Average depth

5.5 m

Water temperature

21.9°C

                                       

Tides

Low

3:18am

0.27m

High

9:19am

1.46m

Low

3:02pm

0.44m

High

9:30pm

1.91m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Reptiles

 

Cheloniidae

 

Eretmochelys imbracata

Hawksbill Turtle

Medium

1

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Orange Basslet

Small

1

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Small

1

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

2

 

Dusky Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Small

Many

 

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Medium

2

 

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

2

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

4

 

Pomacentridae

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Small

Many

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Cirrhitichthys aprinus

Blotched Hawkfish

Small

1

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

Small

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Small

Many

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Small

Many

 

Acanthurus olivaceus

Orange-blotch Surgeon

Small

3

 

Prionurus microlepidotus

Sawtail

Small

Few

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Medium

Few

 

Monocanthidae

 

Paraluteres prionurus

Mimic Filefish

Small

1

 

Balistidae

 

Pseudobalistes fuscus

Yellow-Spotted Triggerfish

Small

1

 

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Small

Few

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

Small

Few

 

Ostraciidae

 

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Small

Many

 

Ostracion meleagris

Black Boxfish

Medium

1

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Canthigaster callisterna

Clown Toby

Small

1

  Sharks, Rays

 

Orectolobidae

 

Orectolobus maculatus

Spotted Wobbegong

Medium

1

 

Urolophidae

 

Trygonoptera testacea

Common Stingaree

Medium

1

 

Rhinobatidae

 

Trygonrrhina fasciata

Fiddler Ray

Large

1

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

 

Fish

 

Serranidae

Fairy Basslet

10

 

Labridae

Diamond Wrasse

8

Checkerboard Wrasse

8