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Dive at Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia on 25/10/11 - ATJ's Diving Site
Dive Details |
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Location |
Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia | |
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Date |
25 October, 2011 |
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Time |
6:27am - 7:18am |
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Details |
Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George
This was pretty much a drift dive NNE along the reef wall, although we did swim into the current for part of the dive. We saw a huge school of trevally (jacks) as well as a school of large bumphead parrotfish. |
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Buddy |
Peter Waters |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
20+ metres |
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Duration |
51 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
25.4 m |
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Average depth |
10.4 m |
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Water temperature |
28.5°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 |
4:32am |
2.00m |
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Low |
10:36am |
0.30m |
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High |
4:49pm |
2.20m |
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Low |
11:07pm |
0.20m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Tokina AT-X Pro Fisheye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.15 (without shade) |
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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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Bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus. 3.6 m.
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Nephtheid soft coral. 5.2 m.
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Feather star. 19.3 m.
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Sponge. 22.1 m.
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Sea fan. 22.3 m.
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Sea fan. 22 m.
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Sea fan. 25.1 m.
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Sponge. 24.1 m.
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Sea fan. 21.8 m.
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Sponge. 15.4 m.
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Bumphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum. 6.5 m.
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