Dive Details |
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Location |
Hanging Gardens, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia |
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Date |
26 October, 2011 |
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Time |
1:18pm - 2:27pm |
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Details |
Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George
Drift dive on the western side of the island. |
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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 |
69 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
13.1 m |
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Average depth |
7.5 m |
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Water temperature |
29.2°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 |
5:12am |
2.10m |
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Low |
11:11am |
0.20m |
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High |
5:26pm |
2.40m |
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Low |
11:45pm |
0.10m |
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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Batfish, Platax orbicularis. 11.2 m. |

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Nudibranch, Chromodoris willani. 12.2 m. |

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Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 10.6 m. |

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Painted crayfish, Panulirus versicolor. 6.3 m. |

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Sabellid worm. 5.9 m. |

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Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 6.3 m. |

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Spine-cheek anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 5.3 m. |

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Redfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifasciatus. 4.6 m. |

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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 6.3 m. |

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Arc-eye hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus. 5.4 m. |

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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 3.3 m. |
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