Dive at Romeo, Misool Islands, Indonesia on 22/2/13

Dive at Romeo, Misool Islands, Indonesia on 22/2/13 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

22 February, 2013

Time

7:12pm - 8:26pm

Details

The seventh dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and our first night dive.

This had the potential to be a really enjoyable dive but unfortunately my mask was leaking for most of the dive and it was quite frustrating. I'm not sure why it was leaking. It is the same mask I have been using for over 6 months. I thought it might have been the torch I had attached to the mask strap but that has never caused it to leak before and the mask continued to leak after I removed the torch. Fortunately, this was the only dive it leaked.

Despite the leaking mask, we saw some cool things. There were lots of crustaceans of various types including a commensal crab on a large sea cucumber. Ongko pointed out a pygmy seahorse in a sea fan. It was interesting to see the pygmy seahorse when the polyps of the fan were fully expanded - I just wish I could have taken some decent shots. At the end of the dive we all saw an epaulette shark.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

74 minutes

Maximum depth

22.1 m

Average depth

12.5 m

Water temperature

29.4°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.