Dive Details |
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Location |
Mandarin Valley, Kapalai, Sabah, Malaysia |
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Date |
24 October, 2011 |
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Time |
5:52pm - 6:54pm |
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Details |
Night dive in front of the dive centre. The current was quite strong on this dive. |
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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 |
61 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
20.2 m |
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Average depth |
12.0 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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False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 15.4 m |

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Soft coral, Carijoa sp. 18.1 m. |

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Black-spotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 17.2 m. |

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Hermit crab. 16.6 m. |

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Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 13.5 m. |

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Ragged-finned firefish, Pterois antennata. 11.9 m. |

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False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 11.5 m |

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False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 11.4 m |

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Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 5.7 m. |

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Eye of a bumphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum. 5.3 m. |

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Dendrophylliid stony coral. 6.1 m. |

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Flatworm. 3.3 m. |

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Hermit crab. 4.3 m. |

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Orange anemonefish, Amphiprion sandaracinos. 2.9 m. |

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Orange anemonefish, Amphiprion sandaracinos. 2.9 m. |
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