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

Dive Details

Location

Date

24 January, 2011

Time

2:20pm - 3:35pm

Details

Entered at steps near bar. Swam to the wall, swam down it and headed along the wall to the north. Turned and came back close to the top of the wall. Swam across the flat. Exited at the steps.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

74 minutes

Maximum depth

18.5 m

Average depth

7.7 m

Water temperature

27.4°C

                                       

Site Map

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.


Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 11.5 m.
 

Scarlet cleaner shrimp, Lysmata amboinensis. 11.9 m.
 

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 11.9 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 13.5 m.
 

Rainford's goby, Koumansetta rainfordi. 14.4 m.
 

Clown toby, Canthigaster valentini. 8.7 m.
 

Blue sea star, Linckia laevigata. 6.7 m.
 

Black-blotched porcupinefish, Diodon liturosus. 6.7 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 6.8 m.
 

Black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. 3.3 m.
 

Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 3.5 m.
 

Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 3.9 m.
 

Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 3.6 m.