Dive Details |
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Location |
Lion's Den, Mele Bay, Efate, Vanuatu |
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Date |
24 January, 2011 |
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Time |
8:47am - 9:42am |
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Details |
This was the worst dive of the trip. The visibility was poor and there was a lot of silt on the bottom which was stirred up easily. The dive guide took us over too long a distance in too short a time. We had to swim like mad to keep up and I almost had no time for photographs. Ken and I were left behind if I did stop for a photograph or two and we spent half the dive tracking the silt trails of the rest of the group. It was also the coldest of all the dives. |
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Buddy |
Ken Bradley |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
2-5 metres |
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Duration |
54 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
22.7 m |
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Average depth |
11.8 m |
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Water temperature |
24.6°C |
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Site Map |
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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 |
2:35am |
0.18m |
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High |
9:04am |
1.33m |
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Low |
3:18pm |
0.41m |
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High |
9:05pm |
1.17m |
Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D300 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6812.3 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50 |
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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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Stony coral, Turbinaria sp. 11.6 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidiella sp. 17.2 m.
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Stony coral, Euphyllia cristata. 20 m.
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Soft coral. 18.8 m.
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Hydrocoral, Distichopora sp. 14.3 m.
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Magenta dottyback, Pictichromis porphyrea. 15.1 m.
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Blue sea star, Linckia laevigata. 7.5 m.
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Tentacles of sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica. 4.8 m.
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Tentacles of sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica. 4.6 m.
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