Dive Details
Location
Date
22 August, 2012
Time
6:42pm - 7:45pm
Details
This was our fifth dive on the Pa Siren and first at Gili Banta.
This was a night dive spent traversing as sandy slope looking for interesting critters. The highlight was find a mimic octopus towards the end of the dive.
Buddy
John Mckeon
Seas
Flat
Visibility
15 metres
Duration
63 minutes
Maximum depth
18.4 m
Average depth
9.6 m
Water temperature
26.8°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
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.
Macro of thick-skinned sea star, Echinaster callosus. 13.4 m.
Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.7 m.
Sea star, Fromia monilis. 12.1 m.
Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 11.5 m.
Soft coral. 12.5 m.
Black-finned snake eel, Ophichthus melanochir. 14.2 m.
Sole. 16.1 m.
Sponge crab, Lauridromia dehaani. 16.7 m.
Zebra lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra. 13.9 m.
Sole. 4.8 m.
Sole. 4.8 m.
Nudibranch, Gymnodoris sp. 5 m.
Nudibranch, Gymnodoris sp. 4.9 m.
Portunid crab. 4.6 m.
Ivory cone shell, Conus eburneus. 3.5 m.
Sole. 4.2 m.
Smooth flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii. 4.2 m.
Mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. 4.3 m.
Mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. 4.3 m.