Dive at North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, on 22/8/06 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea,

Date

22 August, 2006

Time

12:28pm - 1:27pm

Details

"Shark Attract"

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

20m

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

22.5 m

Average depth

11.8 m

Water temperature

24.2°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Epinephelus tukula

Potato Cod

 

Fairy Basslet

 

Purple Anthias

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Chaetodon bennetti

Bennett's Butterflyfish

 

Citron Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Lined Butterflyfish

 

Merten's Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

 

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

 

Blackside Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

 

Acanthuridae

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

 

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

 

Balistidae

 

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

  Sharks, Rays

 

Carcharhinidae

 

Grey Reef Shark

 

Hemigaleidae

 

Whitetip Reef Shark

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

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.


Colin with his Up & Go. 14.3 m.
 

Grey reef whaler, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. 13.2 m.
 

Grey reef whaler, C. amblyrhynchos. 13.2 m.
 

Grey reef whaler, C. amblyrhynchos. 12.4 m.
 

Potato cod, Epinephelus tukula. 14.3 m.