Dive Details

Location

Date

25 August, 2012

Time

2:45pm - 3:44pm

Details

The 15th dive on the Pa Siren trip and the second dive on Rinca Island.

Cannibal Rock is a large pinnacle near the southern end of Rinca Island and was absolutely covered in life, especially small animals. We started deep and worked our way into shallower water. The water was quite cool compared to what we'd been used to.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni, John Mckeon

Seas

Slight

Visibility

15 metres

Duration

59 minutes

Maximum depth

28.5 m

Average depth

16.3 m

Water temperature

23.0°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.

Sea cucumber, Colochirus robustus. 21 m.
 

Warty mesh sea star, Nardoa tuberculata. 24.7 m.
 

Sea apple, Pseudocolochirus sp. 24.6 m.
 

Reticulated sandperch, Parapercis tetracantha. 24.3 m.
 

Sea star, Fromia monilis. 23.3 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Phyllidia ocellata. 19.3 m.
 

Coleman shrimp, Periclimenes colemani, on fire urchin, Asthenosoma ijimai. 21.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris geometrica. 21.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 19.6 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 17.5 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 18.1 m.
 

Zebra crab, Zebrida adamsii, in fire urchin, Asthenosoma ijimai. 21.9 m.
 

Giant anglerfish, Antennarius commersonii. 22.6 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Holothuria edulis. 21.7 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 18.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Glossodoris atromarginata. 17.6 m.
 

Anchor coral, Euphyllia ancora. 15.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha chamberlaini. 8 m.
 

Black-sided hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 6 m.
 

Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus. 4.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha chamberlaini. 4.6 m.