Dive Details
Location
Date
26 February, 2013
Time
4:16pm - 5:21pm
Details
The 21st dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the second of two dives at Manta Sandy.
The conditions were slightly worse for the second dive with the Sun being lower in the sky. The mantas only performed for the early part of the dive. After that, we got a bit bored and started entertaining ourselves as can be seen from the video.
After leaving the viewing area, Ongko showed me a yellow Hippocampus pontohi. I then went looking on the same bommie and found one on my own. After showing the one I found to Ongko, he found another right next to it.We did our safety stop on the sand again and photographed various fish.
Seas
Slight
Visibility
15 metres
Duration
64 minutes
Maximum depth
17.8 m
Average depth
13.6 m
Water temperature
28.8°C
Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand
Video
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.
Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.4 m.
Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
Maiden goby, Valenciennea puellaris. 15.6 m.
Cone shell, Conus eburneus. 17.2 m.
Black-spotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus. 15.3 m.
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.1 m.
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.3 m.
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi. 13.3 m.
Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 10.6 m.
Spine-cheeked anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 10.6 m.
Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma. 5.7 m.
Red-cheeked basslet, Pseudanthias huchtii. 5 m.
Reeftop pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus. 3.7 m.