Dive Details

Location

Date

25 February, 2013

Time

10:37am - 11:44am

Details

The 17th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren. Anti-chovey is so named because there are usually large numbers of anchovy there and predators to go with them, however to not jinx the presence of the anchovy, it is called Anti-chovey - OK. I didn't make this up, I'm just reporting what I was told.

Not to be outdone by me finding a second Hippocampus denise, Sheree found 2 more and an H. bargibanti, all pictured below.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30 metres

Duration

66 minutes

Maximum depth

26.3 m

Average depth

16.2 m

Water temperature

29.6°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.

Polyclad flatworm. 17 m.
 

Denise's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise. 26.1 m.
 

Denise's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise. 26.1 m.
 

Periclimenes kororensis. -17.7 m.
 

Denise's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus denise. 21.4 m.
 

Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. 18.2 m.
 

Aceol flatworm. 14.7 m.
 

Spine-sheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 12.8 m.
 

Spine-sheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 12.8 m.
 

Spine-sheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 12.8 m.
 

Spider crab. 12.8 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 7.5 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 6.9 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 6.8 m.