Dive Details

Location

Date

21 February, 2013

Time

4:11pm - 5:28pm

Details

The third dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and it was our last dive off Batanta Island.

This was much more of a muck dive than the two previous dives at Algae Patch. It was mostly sand with a few small outcrops of rocks. There were lots of nudibranchs, a couple of cuttlefish and a waspfsh.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Flat

Visibility

20 metres

Duration

77 minutes

Maximum depth

22.2 m

Average depth

13.0 m

Water temperature

29.2°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.

Nudibranch, Chromodoris hintuanensis. 4.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Gymnodoris citrina. 6.6 m.
 

Nudibranchs, Chromodoris aureopurpurea. 6.8 m.
 

Nudibranch, Hypselodoris nigrostriata. 7.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Flabellina rubrolineata. 16.9 m.
 

Lizardfish, Synodus sp. 14.1 m.
 

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes sp. 14.2 m.
 

Napolean snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti. 15.5 m.
 

Blotched hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus. 16.9 m.
 

Saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus. 17.3 m.
 

Zebra lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra. 17.2 m.
 

Anemone. 17.7 m.
 

Pacific blue-stripe pipefish, Doryrhamphus melanopleura. 17.7 m.
 

Waspfish, Ablabys sp. 21.1 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 22 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 21.9 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 21.8 m.
 

Fingered dragonet, Dactylopus dactylopus. 17.8 m.
 

Lined pufferfish, Arothron manilensis. 15.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris leoparda. 15 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. 11.5 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 6.8 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 7.1 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 6.6 m.