Dive at Aloara Wreck, Mele Bay, Efate, Vanuatu on 23/1/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

23 January, 2011

Time

11:07am - 12:08pm

Details

We went down the mooring line and then swam down to the wreck. Some penetrated the wreck. I didn't. After the wreck we made our way slowly back to the mooring line.

Buddy

Kay Bourke

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15-20

Duration

60 minutes

Maximum depth

25.7 m

Average depth

12.4 m

Water temperature

27.6°C

                                       

Site Map

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Port Vila

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

Low

1:52am

0.09m

High

8:21am

1.33m

Low

2:22pm

0.43m

High

8:08pm

1.26m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D300

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

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.


Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 23.9 m.
 

James feeding anemonefish. 14.6 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 14.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella sp. 14.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia sp. 14.8 m.
 

Dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco. 14.7 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Thelenota ananas. 12.5 m.
 

Head and feeding tentacles of sea cucumber, Bohadschia graeffei. 10.5 m.
 

Dwarf spotted rockcod, Epinephelus merra. 7.2 m.
 

Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 6.5 m.
 

Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. 6.5 m.
 

Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 7.7 m.
 

Orange-spotted filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. 5.1 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.3 m.
 

Mimic surgeonfish, Acanthurus pyroferus. 5.3 m. Note the yellow angelfish, Centropyge flavissima, that the surgeonfish is mimicing.