Dive Details

Location

Date

24 October, 2011

Time

10:54am - 11:49am

Details

Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

This was our first dive at Mabul Island. We didn't do many here, but those that we did were great.

This was another gently sloping site with a mostly sandy bottom and small boulders.

Buddy

Peter Waters

Seas

Flat

Visibility

20 metres

Duration

54 minutes

Maximum depth

18.7 m

Average depth

10.9 m

Water temperature

28.3°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST

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

High

3:48am

1.90m

Low

10:00am

0.50m

High

4:12pm

2.00m

Low

10:26pm

0.40m

Video

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

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.

Jawfish. Opistognathus sp. 6.8 m.
 

False stonefish, Scorpaenopsis diabolis. 7.2 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 17.2 m.
 

Moray eel, Gymnothorax sp. 16.9 m.
 

Basslet, Pseudanthias sp. 16.4 m.
 

Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa. 16.8 m.
 

Dark-spotted moray, Gymnothorax fimbriatus. 18.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllodesmium sp. 11.5 m.
 

Snake eel, Callechelys sp. 9.2 m.
 

Coral shrimp, Pontonides unciger. 6 m.