Dive Details

Location

Date

23 February, 2013

Time

6:36pm - 7:46pm

Details

The 11th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the second dive at Boo Windows. It was also a sunset dive.

A relatively shallow dive and we did not travel all that far staying in the same area for most of the dive. The highlight of the dive was the juvenile batfish which looked much like a large swimming flatworm, which they mimic.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

15+ metres

Duration

70 minutes

Maximum depth

15.7 m

Average depth

9.8 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.

Batfish, Platax teira. 9.7 m.
 

Batfish, Platax teira. 9.5 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Nembrotha cristata. 8.9 m.
 

Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris. 6.9 m.
 

Stony coral, Diploastrea heliopora. 10 m.
 

Sea star, Fromia milleporella. 10.4 m.
 

Red lionfish, Pterois antennata. 11.3 m.
 

Juvenile batfish, Platax pinnatus. 13.4 m.
 

Juvenile batfish, Platax pinnatus. 13.4 m.
 

Spindel cowrie. 15.1 m.
 

Three-spot angelfish, Apolemichthys trimaculatus. 10.2 m.
 

Spider crab. 8.1 m.
 

Cowrie. 7.4 m.