Dive Details
Location
Date
25 August, 2006
Time
7:53am - 8:50am
Buddy
Colin Keene
Seas
Slight
Visibility
20
Duration
57 minutes
Maximum depth
16.1 m
Average depth
7.9 m
Water temperature
23.4°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Port Douglas, Queensland
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
3:48am
0.94m
High
9:30am
1.96m
Low
3:35pm
0.70m
High
9:58pm
2.40m
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.
Goniopora colonies. 14.8 m.
Goniopora colonies. 14.3 m.
Goniopora colony. 14.6 m.
Sea fan. 16.1 m.
Juvenile Mussid coral. 16 m.
Goniopora colony. 15.9 m.
Tunicate, Polycarpa aurata. 15 m.
Sea star, Fromia indica. 14.7 m.
Tunicate, Polycarpa aurata. 14.6 m.
Nepththeid soft coral, probably Dendronephthya. 14.1 m.
Sponge. 11.2 m.
Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 10.2 m.
Sea fan. 10.5 m.
Hydrocoral, Distichopora sp., colony. 9.4 m.
Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 9.4 m.
Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 9.2 m.
Corallimorph, probably Amplexidiscus fenestrafer. 9.2 m.
Sea fan. 9.6 m.
Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, in bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 11.1 m.
Black anemonefish, A. melanopus, in bubble-tip anemone, E. quadricolor. 11.3 m.
Black anemonefish, A. melanopus, in bubble-tip anemone, E. quadricolor. 11 m.
Stylophora pistillara. 11.6 m.
Nepththeid soft coral. 8.5 m.
Nepththeid soft coral, probably Dendronephthya. 7.7 m.
Bryozoan. 7.7 m.
Sea fan, sea star (Fromia indica) and Turbastraea species. 7.7 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.9 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.7 m.
Blue-dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon plebeius. 7.1 m.
Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus. 6.1 m.
Chevroned butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis. 5.5 m.
Chevroned butterflyfish, C. trifascialis. 5.5 m.
Day octopus, Octopus cyanea. 5.5 m.
Day octopus, O. cyanea. 5.3 m.
Day octopus, O. cyanea. 5.2 m.
Day octopus, O. cyanea. 5.9 m.
Wobbegong, Orectolobus sp.. 6.4 m.
Maroon anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 6.7 m.
Maroon anemonefish, P. biaculeatus. 6.8 m.
Two maroon anemonefish, P. biaculeatus. 6.7 m.
Symphyllia sp. colony. 6.7 m.
Fungia sp.. 6.3 m.
Fungia sp.. 5.2 m.
Chevroned butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis. 5.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 5.5 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 5.8 m.
Spot-banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus. 5.6 m.
Spot-banded butterflyfish, C. punctatofasciatus. 5.8 m.
Blackspotted puffer, Arothron nigropumctatus. 5.3 m.