Dive Details |
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Location |
Coral Gardens, Mele Bay, Efate, Vanuatu |
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Date |
22 January, 2011 |
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Time |
3:01pm - 4:02pm |
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Details |
The intended site for this dive was at "West Side Story" but the mooring was gone so we ended up at Coral Gardens (which I believe is the same mooring as Aloara Wreck). An interesting dive. |
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Buddy |
Ken Bradley |
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Seas |
A bit choppy from wind |
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Visibility |
15-20 metres |
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Duration |
60 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
16.6 m |
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Average depth |
10.0 m |
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Water temperature |
27.2°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides at Port Vila |
Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location. |
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Low |
1:10am |
0.03m |
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High |
7:40am |
1.31m |
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Low |
1:30pm |
0.45m |
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High |
7:16pm |
1.33m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51 |
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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.
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Ken with a Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.3 m.
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Ken with a Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.2 m.
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Colony of Porites sp. 6.4 m.
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Lulu the dive guide. 12.8 m.
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Giant clam, Tridacna sp. 16.1 m.
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Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 15.8 m.
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Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. 11.5 m.
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Giant clam, Tridacna sp. 6.9 m.
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Stony Coral, Diploastrea heliopora. 6.2 m.
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Stony coral, Acropora sp. 5.7 m.
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Stony coral, Monitpora sp. 5.8 m.
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Sea star, Linckia laevigata. 4.7 m.
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Ken annoying clams. 5.4 m.
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