Dive Details
Location
North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,
Date
21 August, 2006
Time
4:38pm - 5:32pm
Details
Drift dive down eastern side heading north
Buddy
Colin Keene
Seas
Rough
Visibility
30
Duration
52 minutes
Maximum depth
19.4 m
Average depth
10.3 m
Water temperature
24.0°C
Site Map
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Port Douglas, Queensland
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
2:15am
0.86m
High
7:53am
1.94m
Low
1:54pm
0.41m
High
8:29pm
2.73m
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.
Nephtheid soft coral colonies. 16.3 m.
Nephtheid soft coral colony. 16.3 m.
Stylophora pistillata colony. 15.5 m.
Acropora sarmentosa colony. 15.8 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 15.8 m.
Alyconiid soft coral colony, possibly Sinularia sp. 15.6 m.
Large Porites colony. 15.8 m.
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 16.1 m.
Montipora sp. colony. 16.6 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 16.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 16.5 m.
Sailor's eyeball alga, Ventricaria ventricosa. 19.2 m.
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella sp. 18.6 m.
Purple queens, Pseudanthias tuka. 16.7 m.
Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus. 16 m.
Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus, with moorish idols, Zanclus cornutus. 15.9 m.
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 13.9 m.
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus in Porites sp. colony. 13.8 m.
Black-back butterflyfish, Chaetodon melannotus. 13.7 m.
Reticulated butterflyfish, Cheatodon reticulatus. 12 m.
Reticulated butterflyfish, Cheatodon reticulatus. 11.1 m.
Oval-spot butterflyfish, Chaetodon speculum. 12 m.
Big-nose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii. 12 m.
Soft coral, Xenia sp., colony. 11.7 m.
Saddled puffer, Canthigaster valentini. 10.9 m.
Nephtheid soft coral colonies. 10.2 m.
Threadfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga. 10.9 m.
Hydrozoan. 10.3 m.
Two Pocillopora eydouxi colonies. 9.8 m.
Yellow longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus with bicolor chromis, Chromis margaritifer. 7.2 m.
Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus. 8.6 m.
Male fairy basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 9.4 m.
Coral beauty, Centropyge bispinosa. 10.1 m.
Saddled butterflyfish, Cheatodon ephippium 9.7 m.
Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 9.2 m.
Porites rus colonies. 9.6 m.
Sailfin tang, Zebrasoma veliferum. 9.8 m.