Dive Details

Location

Date

27 October, 2011

Time

5:29pm - 6:21pm

Details

Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

Another attempt to see the mandarin fish. This time George showed them to us. Graeme and I managed to see two of them. This was also the last night dive of the trip. I didn't want to get out of the water.

Buddy

Graeme Teudt

Seas

Flat

Visibility

15-20 metres

Duration

52 minutes

Maximum depth

18.0 m

Average depth

13.2 m

Water temperature

29.1°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST

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

High

5:50am

2.10m

Low

11:44am

0.20m

High

6:01pm

2.50m

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.

Orange anemonefish, Amphiprion sandaracinos. 3.8 m.
 

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 17.2 m.
 

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 17.2 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 11.7 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 11.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana. 8.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana. 9.1 m.
 

Scallop. 4.8 m.
 

Scallop. 5 m.
 

Stony coral, Lobophyllia sp. 4.6 m.