Dive Details |
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Location |
Manta Sandy, Mansuar Island, Indonesia |
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Date |
26 February, 2013 |
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Time |
4:16pm - 5:21pm |
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Details |
The 21st dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the second of two dives at Manta Sandy.
The conditions were slightly worse for the second dive with the Sun being lower in the sky. The mantas only performed for the early part of the dive. After that, we got a bit bored and started entertaining ourselves as can be seen from the video.
After leaving the viewing area, Ongko showed me a yellow Hippocampus pontohi. I then went looking on the same bommie and found one on my own. After showing the one I found to Ongko, he found another right next to it.
We did our safety stop on the sand again and photographed various fish. |
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Seas |
Slight |
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Visibility |
15 metres |
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Duration |
64 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
17.8 m |
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Average depth |
13.6 m |
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Water temperature |
28.8°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Video |
Video captured with GoPro HD Hero with BlurFix and URPro CY filter
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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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Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.4 m.
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Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
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Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
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Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
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Cone shell, Conus eburneus. 17.2 m.
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Black-spotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 15.3 m.
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Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.1 m.
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Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.3 m.
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Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.3 m.
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 10.6 m.
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 10.6 m.
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Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma. 5.7 m.
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Red-cheeked basslet, Pseudanthias huchtii. 5 m.
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Reeftop pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus. 3.7 m.
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