Dive Details

Location

Date

27 May, 2007

Time

12:21pm - 1:13pm

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30m

Duration

52 minutes

Maximum depth

21.7 m

Average depth

12.1 m

Water temperature

26.4°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

Low

12:49am

1.36m

High

6:40am

2.30m

Low

1:07pm

0.90m

High

7:41pm

2.35m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. 16.2 m.
 

Sea star, Choriaster granulatus. 19.7 m.
 

Montipora sp. colony. 21.6 m.
 

Goniopora sp. colony. 20.7 m.
 

Acropora sp. colony. 20.4 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 20 m.
 

Red seastar, Fromia indica. 19.9 m.
 

Red seastar, F. indica. 19.3 m.
 

Pipefish, Corythoichthys sp. 15.6 m.
 

Longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus. 16.1 m.
 

Blenny. 16.3 m.
 

Dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco. 17.4 m.
 

Nudibranch. 15.7 m.
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 15.2 m.
 

Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. 15.6 m.
 

Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 16.5 m.
 

Tubastraea micrantha. 14.3 m.
 

Euphyllia cristata. 14.2 m.
 

Sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii, with barrier reed anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 13.6 m.
 

Pipefish, Corythoichthys sp. 13.6 m.
 

Spotfin lionfish, Pterois antennata. 13.9 m.
 

Pipefish, Corythoichthys sp., on soft coral, Briareum sp. 14.6 m.
 

Nudibranch. 14.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris elisabethina. 14.9 m.
 

Corallimorph. 12.6 m.
 

Sea fan with pennant bannerfish, Heniochus chrysostomus. 10.2 m.
 

Tubastraea sp. colony, probably T. faulkneri. 10.4 m
 

Acropora sarmentosa colony. 9.2 m.
 

Red seastar, Fromia indica. 9.1 m.
 

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. 10.2 m.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 5.2 m. Larger image
 

Black anemonefish, A. melanopus. 5.3 m.