Dive at Turtle Patch, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia on 28/10/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

28 October, 2011

Time

8:23am - 9:35am

Details

Dive with Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort led by George

Drift dive.

Buddy

Allan Cox

Seas

Flat

Visibility

15-20 metres

Duration

72 minutes

Maximum depth

23.5 m

Average depth

8.8 m

Water temperature

28.4°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Cyber Aqualand Nx

Tides at Pakalangan, Sabah MST

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

Low

12:22am

0.00m

High

6:27am

2.10m

Low

12:17pm

0.20m

High

6:38pm

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.


False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 23.5 m.
 

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. 21.9 m.
 

Sea star. 18.2 m.
 

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 18.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia elegans. 14 m.
 

Sea star. 13.3 m.
 

Spotted porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. 10.3 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 9 m.
 

False clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. 9.1 m.
 

Racoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula. 5.6 m.
 

Orange-lined triggerfish, Balistapus undulatus. 4.4 m.
 

Painted crayfish, Panulirus versicolor. 4.2 m.
 

Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus. 3 m.
 

Stony coral, Lobophyllia sp. 5.1 m.
 

Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus. 5.7 m.
 

Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 5.2 m.
 

Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 5.2 m.