Dive Details
Location
Date
20 January, 2011
Time
11:20am - 12:12pm
Details
Went down the anchor line and headed towards the clown colony (an area with a large number of bubble-tip anemones with resident anemonefish. We didn't go to the wreck as we wanted to stay relatively shallow due to the short surface time from the previous dive.
Buddy
James
Seas
Flat
Visibility
15-20 metres
Duration
51 minutes
Maximum depth
15.7 m
Average depth
9.4 m
Water temperature
27.5°C
Site Map
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Tides at Port Vila
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.
High
5:42am
1.18m
Low
11:07am
0.57m
High
4:55pm
1.38m
Low
11:48pm
0.03m
Camera gear
Camera
Nikon D300
Lens
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter
Housing
Ikelite 6812.3
Lens port
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50
Strobe
2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125
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.
Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus. 6.4 m.
Sue. 5.9 m.
Stony coral, Acropora. sp. 6.8 m.
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus. 9.2 m.
Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 10.1 m.
Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 13.2 m.
Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 13.1 m.
Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 15.5 m.
Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 15.5 m.
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus. 15.6 m.
Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus. 12.6 m.
Vagabond butterflyfish, Chaetodon vagabundus. 13.1 m.
Nudibranch, Phyllidia madangensis. 9.5 m.
Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 5.4 m.
Lemonpeel angelfish, Centropyge flavissima. 5.8 m.
Sea star, Linckia laevigata. 5.3 m.
Nudibranch, Phyllidia madangensis. 6.8 m.
Hybrid angelfish, Centropyge sp. 6.4 m.
Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus. 6.8 m.
Dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco. 6.8 m.