Dive Details

Location

Date

28 February, 2013

Time

7:38am - 8:32am

Details

The 26th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the first of six dives in Dampier Strait. The name of the site is supposedly because some people are too chicken to dive there.

We saw a few large animals like grey reef and white-tip reef sharks, barracuda and mackerel, as well as small animals like Pontoh's pygmy seahorse and nudibranchs. Another enjoyable dive.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20 metres

Duration

51 minutes

Maximum depth

25.8 m

Average depth

16.9 m

Water temperature

28.2°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.

Shrimp gobies, Amblyeleotris sp. 20.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Notodoris gardineri. 21.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Notodoris gardineri, with eggs. 21.6 m.
 

Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 21.6 m.
 

Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 21.6 m.
 

Elegant firefish, Nemateleotris decora. 25.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris geometrica. 24.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 18.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris willani. 19 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris lochi. 19.3 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 5.3 m.