Dive Details

Location

Date

23 January, 2011

Time

7:14pm - 8:23pm

Details

Entered the water near the jetty. Headed north to the wall and then back south along the wall. Came up the wall and zig-zagged back and forth along the top of the wall and the flat. Exited at the steps near the bar/dining area.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

67 minutes

Maximum depth

18.6 m

Average depth

7.5 m

Water temperature

28.1°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 Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6812.3

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

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.

Stars and stripes puffer, Arothron hispidus. 4.4 m.
 

Sea urchin, Tripneustes gratilla. 5.7 m.
 

Iridescent cardinalfish, Apogon kallopterus. 5 m.
 

Cone shell, Conus sp. 4.6 m.
 

Three-spot dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus. 4.7 m.
 

Moray eel, Gymnothorax sp., with cleaner shrimp. 6.5 m.
 

Stony coral with feeding tentacles extended. 14.4 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, with feeding tentacles extended. 16.2 m.
 

Shrimp. 12.7 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini, with feeding tentacles extended. 12.5 m.
 

Sea star, Leiaster speciosus. 12.3 m.
 

Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 12.8 m.
 

Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. 14.9 m.
 

Close-up of crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. 14.7 m.
 

Close-up of fungiid coral. 4.2 m
 

Black-blotched porcupinefish, Diodon liturosus. 4.5 m.
 

Smooth flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii. 3.2 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Euapta godeffroyi. 3 m.
 

Dward rock cod, Epinephelus merra. 4.6 m.
 

Sea star. 4.6 m.
 

Close-up of sea star. 4.7 m.
 

Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. 4.4 m.
 

Sea star, Choriaster granulatus. 3.6 m.
 

Black-spotted pufferfish, Arothron nigropunctatus. 4.2 m.
 

Slipper lobster, Parribacus antarcticus. 3.4 m.
 

Close-up of fungiid coral. 3.2 m.