Dive Details

Location

Date

22 August, 2012

Time

7:05am - 8:10am

Details

This was our second dive on the Pa Siren as part of our trip around Komodo Island and surrounding islands. The dive was around Sangeang Island where the sand is black from the volcanic activity in the past.

An interesting dive across the sand and then through the coral bommies.

Buddy

John Mckeon

Seas

Flat

Visibility

25 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

25.4 m

Average depth

16.4 m

Water temperature

26.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Video

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobe

2 x 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.

Gorgonian wrapper (anemone) Nemanthus annamensis. 24.8 m.
 

Sea pen. 21.8 m.
 

Ornate ghost pipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus. 23.1 m.
 

Golden mantis shrimp, Lysiosquilloides mapia. 20 m.
 

Anchor coral, Euphyllia ancora. 17.6 m.
 

Day octopus, Octopus cyanea. 19.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Flabellina rubrolineata. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha chamberlaini. 13.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha cristata. 6.9 m.
 

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 4 m.