Dive Details

Location

Date

25 February, 2013

Time

2:36pm - 3:43pm

Details

The 18th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and our last dive around Misool Island and surrounding islands.

We were given a choice to dive this site (for more macro subjects) or another site called "No Contest" where there would be more larger subjects. We went with "Love Potion" and were rewarded. I found my first pink Hippocampus bargibanti of the trip (I had found them on other trips) and Ongko found 3 yellow H. bargibanti. This was the first time I had seen the yellow colour variation. There were also lots of nudibranchs and flatworms.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

30 metres

Duration

67 minutes

Maximum depth

22.1 m

Average depth

15.0 m

Water temperature

29.5°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.

Nudibranchs, Notodoris gardineri. 19.8 m.
 

Polyclad flatworm. 21.3 m.
 

Pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. 21.7 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidiella pustulosa. 19.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia varicosa. 19.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Phyllidia ocellata. 21.3 m.
 

Anchor coral, Euphyllia ancora. 17.9 m.
 

Yellow pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. 17.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Flabellina exoptata. 21.1 m.
 

Polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros bifurcus. 11 m.
 

Squat lobster, Lauriea siagiani. 12.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina. 6.2 m.
 

Sea star, Fromia milleporella. 4.9 m.
 

Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata. 4.8 m.