Dive Details

Location

Date

24 August, 2012

Time

5:31pm - 6:40pm

Details

The thirteenth dive on the Pa Siren trip and the first on Rinca Island.

This was a sunset dive to look at the mandarinfish and picturesque dragonets spawning (which they do at sunset). It was a matter of finding a good spot and just watching (and taking photographs. Once it got dark the were a few cuttlefish around, too.

Buddy

Joh Mckeon, Sheree Papuni

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5 metres

Duration

69 minutes

Maximum depth

6.1 m

Average depth

2.3 m

Water temperature

25.6°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.

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 2.8 m.
 

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 2.3 m.
 

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 2.4 m.
 

Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m.
 

Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m.
 

Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m.
 

Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.2 m.
 

Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 2.3 m.
 

Banded croal shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 2.4 m.
 

Coral shrimpfish, Aeoliscus strigatus. 2.1 m.
 

Coral shrimpfish, Aeoliscus strigatus. 1.8 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 1.6 m.
 

Red lionfish, Pterois antennata. 1.6 m.