Dive Details

Location

Date

21 August, 2012

Time

3:39pm - 4:45pm

Details

This was our first dive on the Pa Siren as part of our trip around Komodo Island and surrounding islands. It was meant as a check dive to make sure we were comfortable with our gear, had the right weights, etc., etc., etc.

It was a muck dive with loads to see. It was great to be diving in warm water.

Buddy

John Mckeon, Sheree Papuni

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

65 minutes

Maximum depth

15.2 m

Average depth

9.4 m

Water temperature

27.0°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Bima Bay

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

High

2:50am

1.50m

Low

9:00am

0.50m

High

2:55pm

1.50m

Low

9:10pm

0.50m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

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.

Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus. 8.4 m.
 

Soft coral. 10.1 m.
 

Soft croal. 13.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia sp. 15 m.
 

Stony coral, Goniopora sp. 14.4 m.
 

Banded pipefish, Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus. 13 m.
 

Giant moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus. 13 m.
 

Cleaner pipefish, Doryrhamphus janssi. 7.6 m.
 

Male banded pipefish with eggs, Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus. 7.6 m.
 

Zebra lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra. 9.2 m.
 

Dwarf lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra. 7.6 m.
 

Broadbarred firefish, Pterois antennata. 4.5 m.
 

Painted crayfish, Panulirus versicolor. 4.1 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 5.2 m.