Dive Details
Location
Date
28 May, 2007
Time
12:05pm - 12:58pm
Buddy
Tim Everest
Seas
Choppy
Visibility
30m
Duration
53 minutes
Maximum depth
29.6 m
Average depth
13.2 m
Water temperature
26.6°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
Low
1:25am
1.36m
High
7:02am
2.21m
Low
1:27pm
0.83m
High
8:10pm
2.42m
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.
Carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii, with orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 28.4 m.
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 25.4 m.
Three white-tip reef sharks, Triaenodon obesus. 23.1 m.
A pair of red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 23.1 m.
A pair of red firefish, N. magnifica. 22.2 m.
Red firefish, N. magnifica. 22.1 m.
Tiger blenny, Escenius tigris. 21.6 m.
Tiger blenny, E. tigris. 21.7 m.
Reef scene. 20.8 m.
Reef scene. 20.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 20.5 m.
Seriatopora hystrix colony with chromis, Chromis iomelas. 17.5 m.
Montipora sp. colony. 17.4 m.
Merulina sp. colony. 17.6 m.
Damselfish, Parma sp., with juvenile cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. 16.7 m.
Double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis. 15.5 m.
Arc-eye hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus. 15.3 m.
Adult slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. 13.7 m.
Juvenile slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. 13.2 m.
Stylophora pistillata colony. 12.8 m.
Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 12.9 m.
Pocillopora verrucosa colony. 10.7 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 11.2 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 10 m.
Tiger blenny, Escenius tigris. 10.5 m.
Pocillopora eydouxi. 8.3 m.
Orange-spotted filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. 7 m.
A pair of orange-spotted filefish, O. longirostris. 7.5 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.7 m.
Soft coral, Xenia sp., colony. 6.4 m.
Blenny, Cirripectes sp. 6 m.
A mixed pair of anemonefish: orange-fin, Amphiprion chrysopterus, and barrier reef, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
Orange-fin anemonefish, A. chrysopterus. 7 m.
Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 6.9 m.
Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
Barrier reef anemonefish, A. akindynos. 7.1 m.
A mixed pair of anemonefish: orange-fin, A., and barrier reef, A. akindynos. 7 m.
Soft coral, Sarcophyton sp., colonies. 5.1 m.
Reef scene. 4.7 m.
Reef scene. 4.4 m.
Trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis. 5.4 m.
Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 5.7 m.
Blackside hawkfish, P. forsteri. 4.7 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 5 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 4.8 m.
Two small Acropora sp. colonies surrounded by algae. 4.2 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 4.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 4.5 m.
Lobophyllia sp. (below) and Pocillopora verrucosa colonies. 4.8 m.
Algae. 4.7 m.
Acropora sp. colonies and algae. 4.4 m.