Dive Details

Location

Date

25 August, 2012

Time

11:04am - 11:49am

Details

The 14th dive on the Pa Siren trip and the only dive on Padar Island.

The site is made up of three pinnacles of different sizes, like The Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains. The plan was to swim around each one and on to the next. Unfortunately, the current was very strong and also variable and we really only got to swim around one.

Buddy

John Mckeon

Seas

Flat but strong current

Visibility

15 metres

Duration

45 minutes

Maximum depth

21.7 m

Average depth

11.7 m

Water temperature

23.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Video

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.

Fire urchin, Asthenosoma ijimai. 20 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Colochirus robustus. 15.7 m.
 

Yellow-edged moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginata. 15.2 m.
 

Sun coral. 14.3 m.
 

Orangutan crab, Achaeus japonicus. 12.9 m.
 

Bubble-tip anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor. 9.4 m.