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

Dive Details

Location

Date

24 January, 2011

Time

6:57pm - 8:02pm

Details

We descended the mooring line and headed down to the wreck along the reef edge. After spending 10-15 minutes at the wreck (some people penetrated) we headed back to the reef and along to the mooring line.

Buddy

Ken Bradley

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-15 metres

Duration

64 minutes

Maximum depth

23.3 m

Average depth

11.3 m

Water temperature

28.0°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 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.


Stony coral, Turbinaria sp. 16.6 m.
 

Hydrocoral, Distichopora sp. 16.5 m.
 

Hydrocoral, Distichopora sp. 15.9 m.
 

Sea star. 22.3 m.
 

Sun coral. 13.4 m.
 

Nephtheid soft coral. 12.3 m.
 

Brittle star. 12.7 m.
 

Whip coral. 13.3 m.
 

Octopus. 7.9 m.
 

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes soror, on a crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. 7.7 m.
 

Black-spotted pufferfish, Arothron nigropunctatus. 7.7 m.
 

Commensal coral crab, Trapezia sp., in Pocilloprea coral. 7.3 m.
 

Proboscis of an echiuran worm. 7.7 m.