Dive Details

Location

Date

27 February, 2013

Time

7:09pm - 8:21pm

Details

The 25th dive of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the last of five dives in the vicinity of Mansuar Island. The dive was either side of a wooden pier on the island.

Another excellent night dive with lots of cool things to be found. My two great finds were the ornate ghost pipefish and the egg cowrie. There were lots of other interesting creatures seen.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Slight

Visibility

10-15 metres

Duration

71 minutes

Maximum depth

15.0 m

Average depth

9.9 m

Water temperature

29.1°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.

Tiny squid. 7.8 m.
 

Stromb. 13.3 m.
 

Arrow crab, Hyastenus bispinosus, in stinging hydroid. 12.3 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp., with crab prey. 14.1 m.
 

Shrimp. 14 m.
 

Nudibranch, Nembrotha lineolata. 12.1 m.
 

Arrow crab. 11.1 m.
 

Polyclad flatworm. 11 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 12.5 m.
 

Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 12.4 m.
 

Shrimp. 11.4 m.
 

Sun coral. 11 m.
 

Ornate ghost pipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus. 12 m.
 

Egg cowrie, Ovula ovum. 9.7 m.
 

Reeftop pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus. 3 m.
 

Reeftop pipefish, Corythoichthys haematopterus. 3 m.
 

Polyclad flatworm, Acanthozoon sp. 3.5 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris leoparda. 5.1 m.
 

Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 5.4 m.
 

Barredfin morary, Gymnothorax zonipectis. 6.3 m.
 

Nudibranch, Flabellina exoptata. 4.5 m.