Dive Details

Location

Date

19 August, 2008

Time

8:06am - 8:43am

Details

The boat dropped us off near the buoy and we descended the line below the buoy. We swam to the other end of the spur which is the cleaning station for manta rays. There were no manta rays, but I did get to see my first silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, and first scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini.

Buddy

Tim Everest

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

30

Duration

38 minutes

Maximum depth

32.3 m

Average depth

15.3 m

Water temperature

24.8°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

4:29am

0.92m

High

10:01am

2.19m

Low

4:09pm

0.73m

High

10:27pm

2.59m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

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

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

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.

Tim. 28.6 m.
 

Sea fan. 31.6 m.
 

Staghorn coral, Acropora sp. 31.9 m.
 

Sea fan. 31.4 m.
 

Soft coral, possibly Isis sp. 25.2 m.
 

Acropora aculeus. 24.7 m.
 

Host sea anemone, Heteractis crispa. 20.3 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 20.8 m.
 

Partially expanded grape coral, Euphyllia cristata. 16 m.
 

Hawk anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus. 15.8 m.
 

Hawk anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus. 12.9 m.
 

Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus. 6.3 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 10.3 m.
 

Clam, Tridacna sp. 4.9 m.
 

Staghorn coral, Acropora sp. 6.3 m.