Oct

4

Dive Number: 362 04/10/12 Cenderawasih Bay – Busurua Night Dive

Conditions: Good

Visibilty: 15m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: ?0minutes

Max Depth: 14m

Details: I found out early in the trip that i’d forgotten a crucial part of my dive torch setup which made focussing on night dive difficult. Thanks to Duncan for doing some spot lighting for me on some of these critters. The highlight of this dive was a very strange centipede-like critter and watching a polyceate worm getting eaten by a shelled mollusc as it spiralled past mid-water.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Oct

4

Dive Number: 361 04/10/12 Cenderawasih Bay – Silver Lining Reef

Conditions: Good

Visibilty: 15m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 24m

Details:

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Oct

4

Dive Number: 360 04/10/12 Cenderawasih Bay – Zero WW2 Plane

Conditions: Good

Visibilty: 15m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 80minutes

Max Depth: 20m

Details: West Papua is littered with remanants from world war 2, with a heavy japanese presence in the area. This was on a mostly intact Zero war plane – japans version of the Spitfire.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Oct

4

Dive Number: 359 04/10/12 Pulua Auri Reef, Cenderawasih Bay

Conditions: Good

Visibilty: 15m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 25m

Details:

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

Photos: In October i joined a liveaboard to Cenderawasih Bay in West Papau to dive with the Whaleshark. The trip departed from Manokwari and skirted the western edge of the bay, visiting a few island reefs on route to the Bagans (indonedian fishing platforms) where the Whalesharks come into feed. This was the first dive after a full days travelling south from Manokwari.

Mar

9

Dive Number: 377 09/10/12 Cenderawasih Bay, Kwatisore Bagan

Conditions: Good

Visibilty: 15m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 80minutes

Max Depth: 8m

Details: These bagans, (or fishing platforms) are used by indonesian fisherman to camp out on and fish during the night by enticing fish up to thier lights, drawing them into the middle of the bagan, and then closing the nets in around them. The local whalesharks have a field day picking off any stray fish, and now with the interest of the dive community, the bagan operators are feeding them during the day. Up to around 7 whalesharks can be at the bagans at one time, but most days 2-3 hung out for a feed and to swim with the snap happy tourists.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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