Dive Details

Location

Date

26 October, 2011

Time

8:42am - 9:33am

Details

Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

A dive along the southern tip of Sipadan Island.

Buddy

Peter Waters

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20 metres

Duration

51 minutes

Maximum depth

25.5 m

Average depth

12.5 m

Water temperature

28.4°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.

Acropora sp. coral. 3.9 m.
 

Acropora sp. coral. 3.7 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 10 m.
 

Sea star. 23.6 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 10.3 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 7.5 m.
 

Sea star. 6.8 m.
 

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 4.4 m.
 

Pyramid butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis. 5.2 m.
 

Blueface angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon. 5.2 m.
 

Blackspotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 6.4 m.
 

Checkered seaperch, Lutjanus decussatus. 4.9 m.
 

Whitecheek surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricans. 4.8 m.