Dive at Turtle Cave, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia on 26/10/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

26 October, 2011

Time

10:56am - 11:53am

Details

Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

Drift dive north towards the northern tip of the Sipadan Island reef.

Buddy

Peter Waters

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20 metres

Duration

56 minutes

Maximum depth

17.0 m

Average depth

11.4 m

Water temperature

29.4°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

High

5:12am

2.10m

Low

11:11am

0.20m

High

5:26pm

2.40m

Low

11:45pm

0.10m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.


Longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus. 16.4 m.
 

Longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus. 15.6 m.
 

Clown triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum. 13.7 m.
 

Reticulated butterflyfish, Chaetodon retciculatus. 13.6 m.
 

Day octopus, Octopus cyanea. 14.2 m.
 

Sea star. 13.1 m.
 

Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus. 12.7 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 5.3 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 5.8 m.