Dive Details |
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Location |
Circus, Gili Banta, Indonesia |
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Date |
22 August, 2012 |
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Time |
6:42pm - 7:45pm |
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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. |
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Buddy |
John Mckeon |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
15 metres |
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Duration |
63 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
18.4 m |
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Average depth |
9.6 m |
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Water temperature |
26.8°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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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.
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Macro of thick-skinned sea star, Echinaster callosus. 13.4 m. |
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Dendrophylliid stony coral. 12.7 m. |
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Sea star, Fromia monilis. 12.1 m. |
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Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 11.5 m. |
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Soft coral. 12.5 m. |
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Black-finned snake eel, Ophichthus melanochir. 14.2 m. |
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Sole. 16.1 m. |
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Sponge crab, Lauridromia dehaani. 16.7 m. |
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Zebra lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra. 13.9 m. |
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Sole. 4.8 m. |
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Sole. 4.8 m. |
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Nudibranch, Gymnodoris sp. 5 m. |
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Nudibranch, Gymnodoris sp. 4.9 m. |
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Portunid crab. 4.6 m. |
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Ivory cone shell, Conus eburneus. 3.5 m. |
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Sole. 4.2 m. |
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Smooth flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii. 4.2 m. |
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Mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. 4.3 m. |
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Mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. 4.3 m. |
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