Dive Details

Location

Date

21 February, 2013

Time

8:46am - 9:53am

Details

The first dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren. This was our check dive to make sure our gear all worked and we were weighted correctly.

Algae Patch was a sandy slope with corals and other invertebrates on the sand. It was an interesting dive, especially when we found a cuttlefish.

Others saw a robust ghost pipefish.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-20 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

23.0 m

Average depth

14.5 m

Water temperature

28.9°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

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.

Nudibranch, Chromodoris geometrica. 14.8 m.
 

Tube anemone. 17 m.
 

Flowerpot coral, Goniopora sp. 17.7 m.
 

Reticulated sand perch, Parapercis tetracantha. 18.3 m.
 

Ammer's dottyback, Pseudochromis ammeri. 17.7 m.
 

Christmas tree worm. Spirobranchus giganteus. 16.6 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 21.9 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 22.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha chamberlaini. 21.6 m.
 

Shell of a Nautilus sp. 19.4 m.
 

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes magnifica. 17.3 m.
 

Shrip goby, Amblyeleotris periophthalma with shrimp, Alpheus sp. 14 m.
 

Nudibranch, Flabellina rubrolineata, with eggs. 12.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pectenodoris trilineata. 12.6 m.
 

Crinoid. 6.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 4.3 m.