Dive Details
Location
Date
22 September, 2007
Time
11:47am - 12:50pm
Buddy
Colin Keene, Tim Everest
Seas
Slight
Visibility
10
Duration
64 minutes
Maximum depth
8.3 m
Average depth
6.0 m
Water temperature
19.3°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Yamba, NSW (NW Solitary Island 2 minutes later)
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
4:22am
0.92m
Low
9:47am
0.48m
High
4:53pm
1.38m
Low
11:39pm
0.36m
Species Seen
Species
Common name
Size
(mm)
Number
Fairy Basslet
Large
Few
Günther's butterflyfish
Medium
Few
Keyhole Angelfish
Large
1
Cirrhitichthys falco
Coral Hawkfish
Medium
1
Eastern Blue Groper
Large
1
Diamond Wrasse
Medium
Few
Black-backed Wrasse
Medium
Many
Comb Wrasse
Large
Few
Cleaner Wrasse
Large
Few
Eastern Leopard Wrasse
Small
1
Macropharyngodon negrosensis
Black Leopard Wrasse
Medium
1
Moon Wrasse
Large
Many
Yellow Moon Wrasse
Large
Many
Blue Tang
Large
Few
Prionurus microlepidotus
Sawtail
Large
Many
Half-moon Triggerfish
Large
1
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.
Stylophora pistillata colony. 6.6 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 5.7 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
Sea star. 6.8 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.5 m.
Organ pipe coral, Tubipora sp. 6.7 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 6.8 m.
Leathery sea anemone, Heteractis crispa. 6.6 m
Turbinaria sp. colony. 6.4 m.
Turbinaria sp. colony. 6.2 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7.3 m.
Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7.3 m.
Sea star, growing from a single arm. 7.4 m.
Collector sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 7 m.
Sea star. 6.8 m.
Sea star, growing two new arms. 7 m.
Egg cowrie, Ovula ovum. 7 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.1 m.
Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7 m.
Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 7.5 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.7 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.8 m.
Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 7 m.
Close-up of Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.9 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7 m.
Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 7 m.
Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 6.3 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.6 m.
Acanthastrea sp. colony. 6.7 m.
Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 6.8 m.
Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 7.3 m.
Close-up of faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 7.3 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.5 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 7.2 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 6.9 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 6.2 m.
Acropora sp. colony. 4.7 m.
Close-up of Acropora sp. colony. 4.6 m.
Faviid, either Goniastrea australensis or Platygyra sp., colony. 6.7 m.
Blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus. 4.5 m.
Blue tang, P. hepatus. 3.6 m.