Dive Details

Location

Date

23 January, 2011

Time

9:03am - 10:01am

Details

Descended the mooring line and when everyone was assembled we followed the guide, Nicky, on a very fast swim around the site. We had to swim like mad to keep up.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

15-20 metres

Duration

57 minutes

Maximum depth

23.2 m

Average depth

13.5 m

Water temperature

27.9°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.

Xeniid soft coral. 11.7 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 11.5 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 13.5 m.
 

Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. 21.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Notodoris minor. 22.2 m.
 

Black spotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 21.3 m.
 

Sea star. 18.4 m.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 12.6 m.
 

Feather star. 11.9 m.
 

Stony coral, Lobophyllia sp. 12.1 m.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 9.7 m.
 

Clown triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum. 10 m.