Dive Details

Location

Date

30 August, 2012

Time

6:56am - 8:05am

Details

The 31st dive on the Pa Siren trip and the second in Bima Bay.

This was a real muck dive on a muddy bottom. We had to be very careful as the bottom was stirred up easily. There was a lot to see, especially nudibranchs, hence the name of the dive site.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Flat

Visibility

5-10 metres

Duration

67 minutes

Maximum depth

18.5 m

Average depth

11.0 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.

Shrimp goby, Amblyeleotris gymnocephala. 6.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 8.8 m.
 

Shrimp, Urocaridella antonbruunii. 13 m.
 

Mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. 18.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia babai. 15.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Risbecia tryoni. 15.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris apolegma. 13.4 m.
 

Arabian cowrie, Cypraea arabica. 9.2 m.
 

Cephalaspid. Chelidonura amoena. 9.6 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bullockii. 11.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Risbecia tryoni. 12.1 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris bullockii. 11.4 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris tinctoria. 13.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia marindica. 12.6 m.
 

Coleman shrimp, Periclimenes colemani. 11.2 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia ocellata. 11.7 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 11.5 m.
 

Coral crab, Tetralia nigrolineata. 5 m.