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

Dive Details

Location

Date

22 August, 2006

Time

8:16am - 8:54am

Details

Drop dive to look for manta rays and sharks

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

20

Duration

38 minutes

Maximum depth

30.3 m

Average depth

15.8 m

Water temperature

23.6°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

 

Purple Anthias

 

Malacanthidae

 

Blue-head Tilefish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Lined Butterflyfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Coral Beauty

 

Herald's Angelfish

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

 

Blackside Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Thalassoma amblycephalum

Two-tone Wrasse

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

  Sharks, Rays

 

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

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.


Manta ray, Manta birostris. 27.6 m.
 

Manta ray, Manta birostris. 26.9 m.