Dive Details

Location

Date

22 January, 2011

Time

3:01pm - 4:02pm

Details

The intended site for this dive was at "West Side Story" but the mooring was gone so we ended up at Coral Gardens (which I believe is the same mooring as Aloara Wreck). An interesting dive.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

A bit choppy from wind

Visibility

15-20 metres

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

16.6 m

Average depth

10.0 m

Water temperature

27.2°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Port Vila

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

Low

1:10am

0.03m

High

7:40am

1.31m

Low

1:30pm

0.45m

High

7:16pm

1.33m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 +4 dipoter

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.51

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.

Ken with a Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.3 m.
 

Ken with a Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.2 m.
 

Colony of Porites sp. 6.4 m.
 

Lulu the dive guide. 12.8 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna sp. 16.1 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 15.8 m.
 

Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. 11.5 m.
 

Giant clam, Tridacna sp. 6.9 m.
 

Stony Coral, Diploastrea heliopora. 6.2 m.
 

Stony coral, Acropora sp. 5.7 m.
 

Stony coral, Monitpora sp. 5.8 m.
 

Sea star, Linckia laevigata. 4.7 m.
 

Ken annoying clams. 5.4 m.