Dive Details
Location
Date
28 February, 2013
Time
7:28pm - 8:45pm
Details
Dive 29 of the Raja Ampat trip in February 2013 on board the S/Y Indo Siren and the fourth of six dives in Dampier Strait. This was the last night dive of the trip.
This was one of my favourite dives of the trip and my most favourite night dive. We saw so many cephalopods with the highlight being the blue-ringed octopus I found. I was pretty much on my own when I found the blue-ringed octopus and so had some time with it to get some photographs before the hoards descended - and boy did the hoards descend once I let people know what I had found. I was completely surrounded by divers and the poor octopus was lit up like a football game.
Another highlight was the bamboo shark that Ongko found. I had not heard him so excited as he was when he found it. Again, it didn't take long before we were surrounded by divers.
A most enjoyable dive.Buddy
Sheree Papuni
Seas
Slight
Visibility
10 metres
Duration
77 minutes
Maximum depth
17.9 m
Average depth
10.9 m
Water temperature
28.2°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.
Commensal shrimp, Cuapetes kororensis, in a coral, Heliofungia actiniformis. 15.4 m.
Bobtail squid. 13.9 m.
Crab, Thalamita sp. 16.4 m.
Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 15.3 m.
Crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 15.1 m.
Shrimp. 15.4 m.
Spiny flatheads, Onigocia spinosa. 16 m.
Blue-ring octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata. 10.7 m.
Blue-ring octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata. 10.7 m.
Blue-ring octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata. 10.6 m.
Blue-ring octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata. 10.7 m.
Blue-ring octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata. 10.7 m.
Red hermit crab, Dardanus megistos. 11.4 m.
Nudibranch. 8.9 m.
Eye of a crocodilefish, Cymbacephalus beauforti. 8.3 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris kunei. 10.9 m.
Banded frogfish, Halophryne diemensis. 9.9 m.
Stiped mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina maculata. 9.2 m.
Banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. 10.6 m.
Banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. 10.5 m.
Banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. 10.6 m.
Nudibranch, Gymnodoris. 10.6 m.
Nudibranch, Chromodoris kunei. 10.7 m.
Scorpionfish. 6.9 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.6 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.6 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.7 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.7 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.8 m.
Octopus, Octopus sp. 3.8 m.
Coral shrimpfish, Aeoliscus strigatus. 3.6 m.
Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus. 4.1 m.
Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 2.9 m.
Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 3.3 m.