Dive Details

Location

Boat Beach Island, Seal Rocks, NSW,

Date

27 May, 2006

Time

1:58pm - 3:34pm

Details

Swam along reef and then on to island

Buddy

Tim Everest, Bernie Davison

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10

Duration

77 minutes

Maximum depth

7.5 m

Average depth

4.2 m

Water temperature

19.0°C

Tides

Low

2:18am

0.33m

High

8:13am

1.38m

Low

1:48pm

0.49m

High

8:23pm

1.93m

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Dusky Butterflyfish

Medium

1

Günther's butterflyfish

Medium

Many

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

Chelmonops truncatus

Truncate Coralfish

Medium

1

Schooling Bannerfish

Medium

2

Keyhole Angelfish

Small

1

Pomacentrus australis

Australian Damsel

Medium

Few

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Many

Achoerodus viridis

Eastern Blue Groper

Medium

Few

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

Many

Coris picta

Comb Wrasse

Medium

Many

Pearly Wrasse

Medium

1

Dusky Wrasse

Small

1

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

Many

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

Many

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Small

Many

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencilled Surgeon

Medium

Few

Moorish Idol

Medium

2

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Hawaiian Triggerfish

Medium

Few

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Medium

Many

Half-moon Triggerfish

Medium

Many

Anoplocarpros inermis

Eastern Smooth Boxfish

Medium

1

Ostracion cubicus

Yellow Boxfish

Medium

Many

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled Puffer

Small

1

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF +4 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.55

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50

Ikelite SubStrobe DS-125

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.

Sabellid tubeworm, possibly Sabellastarte sp., at 5.2 m.
 

Three-bar porcupinefish, Dicotylichthys punctalatus, at 5.7 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.9 m.
 

Eastern smooth boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis, at 6 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.9 m.
 

Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris, at 5.5 m.
 

Klein's butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii at 5.1 m.
 

Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops truncatus at 6.1 m.
 

Moray eel, Gymnothorax sp., at 5.8 m.
 

Comb wrasse, Coris picta, at 5.6 m.
 

Valentini puffer, Canthigaster valentini, at 5.5 m.
 

Günther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri 6.5 m.
 

Truncate coralfish, Chelmonops truncatus at 4.7 m.