Dive Details |
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Location |
Love Potion, Misool Islands, Indonesia |
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Date |
25 February, 2013 |
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Time |
2:36pm - 3:43pm |
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Details |
The 18th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and our last dive around Misool Island and surrounding islands.
We were given a choice to dive this site (for more macro subjects) or another site called "No Contest" where there would be more larger subjects. We went with "Love Potion" and were rewarded. I found my first pink Hippocampus bargibanti of the trip (I had found them on other trips) and Ongko found 3 yellow H. bargibanti. This was the first time I had seen the yellow colour variation. There were also lots of nudibranchs and flatworms. |
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Buddy |
Sheree Papuni |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
30 metres |
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Duration |
67 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
22.1 m |
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Average depth |
15.0 m |
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Water temperature |
29.5°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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Nudibranchs, Notodoris gardineri. 19.8 m.
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Polyclad flatworm. 21.3 m.
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Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. 21.7 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 19.5 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. 19.5 m.
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Nudibranch, Phyllidia ocellata. 21.3 m.
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Anchor coral, Euphyllia ancora. 17.9 m.
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Yellow pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. 17.9 m.
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Nudibranch, Flabellina exoptata. 21.1 m.
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Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros bifurcus. 11 m.
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Squat lobster, Lauriea siagiani. 12.5 m.
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Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 6.2 m.
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Sea star, Fromia milleporella. 4.9 m.
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Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 4.8 m.
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