Dive at Anchor Reef, Mele Bay, Efate, Vanuatu on 24/1/11 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Date

24 January, 2011

Time

10:57am - 12:11pm

Details

This was a very pleasant dive led by James. We took a very wide arc around the reef to return to the mooring line. It was a nice easy pace.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

Flat

Visibility

10-20 metres

Duration

74 minutes

Maximum depth

18.8 m

Average depth

11.3 m

Water temperature

26.4°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

2:35am

0.18m

High

9:04am

1.33m

Low

3:18pm

0.41m

High

9:05pm

1.17m

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.


Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 9.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella sp. 10.9 m.
 

Soft coral. 11.3 m.
 

Sea star. 14.3 m.
 

Hydrocoral, Distichopora sp. 14.3 m.
 

Magenta dottyback, Pictichromis porphyrea. 17.8 m.
 

Sea star. 11.2 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral. 10.8 m.
 

Black-sided hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 8.9 m.
 

Mary with Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 8.8 m.
 

Melissa with Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 8.6 m.
 

Eggs of Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 8.8 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, tending their eggs. 8.8 m.
 

Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus. 9.3 m.