Dive Details

Location

Date

28 October, 2011

Time

10:39am - 11:36am

Details

Dive wth Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

Drift dive from Turtle Cave to Barracuda Point. We went into the outer part of the cave at the start of the dive and then drifted down the wall.

Buddy

Allan Cox

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10-20 metres

Duration

56 minutes

Maximum depth

18.6 m

Average depth

10.5 m

Water temperature

29.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST

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

Low

12:22am

0.00m

High

6:27am

2.10m

Low

12:17pm

0.20m

High

6:38pm

2.50m

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.

Thorny oyster, Spondylus squamosus. 16.6 m.
 

Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 14.2 m.
 

Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 14.5 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 14.1 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Synaptula sp. 13.6 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.4 m.
 

Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.7 m.
 

Stony coral, Lobophyllia sp. 12.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 12 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris willani. 11.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 8.3 m.
 

Ocellate dragonet, Synchiropus ocellatus. 5.8 m.
 

Scorpionfish. 9.4 m.