Dive Details |
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Location |
Paradise I, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia |
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Date |
24 October, 2011 |
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Time |
3:00pm - 3:57pm |
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Details |
Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George
This site is pretty much right in front of one of the resorts on Mabul Island. It was a sandy bottom with a few artificial structures. Despite the artificial environment there was a lot of life around, including 2 very large cuttlefish. |
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Buddy |
Peter Waters |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
10-15 metres |
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Duration |
56 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
14.7 m |
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Average depth |
11.0 m |
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Water temperature |
29.0°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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High |
3:48am |
1.90m |
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Low |
10:00am |
0.50m |
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High |
4:12pm |
2.00m |
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Low |
10:26pm |
0.40m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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Strobes |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS125 |
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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.
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Juvenile saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus. 13.8 m.
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Juvenile saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus. 13.9 m.
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 10.3 m.
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Warty frogfish, Antennarius maculatus. 10.8 m.
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 11 m.
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Saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus. 11.7 m.
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Robust ghost pipefish, Solenostomus cyanopterus. 11.7 m.
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Snake Eel. 9.3 m.
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Fingered dragonet, Dactylopus dactylopus. 9.4 m.
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Fingered dragonet, Dactylopus dactylopus. 9.4 m.
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