Dive Details

Location

Date

22 August, 2008

Time

8:12am - 9:16am

Buddy

Robert

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20m

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

18.5 m

Average depth

7.8 m

Water temperature

23.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Leggatt Island, Queensland

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

Low

6:22am

1.05m

High

1:22pm

1.96m

Low

6:52pm

1.54m

High

11:59pm

1.93m

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.

Sea star, Fromia indica. 17.1 m.
 

Feather star on soft coral. 15.6 m.
 

Sea fan. 14.9 m.
 

Feather star on sea fan. 15.1 m.
 

Sea star, Fromia indica. 12.8 m.
 

Sea star, Fromia indica. 12.4 m.
 

Stony coral, Porites sp. 4.8 m.
 

Juvenile half-moon triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterus. 4.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 4.5 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 6.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris lochi. 7.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris annae. 8.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris lochi. 10.1 m.
 

Hydrocoral, Distichopora. sp. 11.1 m.
 

Variable thorny oyster, Spondylus varians. 9.5 m.
 

Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus. 10.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 9.1 m.
 

Organ pipe coral, Tubipora sp. 9.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 9.3 m.
 

Faviid coral. 9 m.
 

Dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco. 7.7 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 4.3 m.
 

Sea fan. 4.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. 5.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Ardeadoris egretta. 4.7 m.