Dive Details |
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Location |
Algae Patch, Batanta Island, Indonesia |
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Date |
21 February, 2013 |
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Time |
8:46am - 9:53am |
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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. |
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Buddy |
Sheree Papuni |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
10-20 metres |
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Duration |
64 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
23.0 m |
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Average depth |
14.5 m |
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Water temperature |
28.9°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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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.
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Nudibranch, Chromodoris geometrica. 14.8 m.
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Tube anemone. 17 m.
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Flowerpot coral, Goniopora sp. 17.7 m.
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Reticulated sand perch, Parapercis tetracantha. 18.3 m.
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Ammer's dottyback, Pseudochromis ammeri. 17.7 m.
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Christmas tree worm. Spirobranchus giganteus. 16.6 m.
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 21.9 m.
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 22.4 m.
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Nudibranch, Nembrotha chamberlaini. 21.6 m.
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Shell of a Nautilus sp. 19.4 m.
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Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes magnifica. 17.3 m.
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Shrip goby, Amblyeleotris periophthalma with shrimp, Alpheus sp. 14 m.
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Nudibranch, Flabellina rubrolineata, with eggs. 12.5 m.
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Nudibranch, Pectenodoris trilineata. 12.6 m.
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Crinoid. 6.7 m.
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Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 4.3 m.
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