divetime 38min, temp 29C, viz 10m, wts 5kg, body shirt no other suite. 16 m depth.
Azmi Hashim dive center.
Kreisi sukellus kaikenkaikkiaan. Kova virtaus koko ajan. Tarkotuksena loytaa joku merenalanen kivi keskelta avomerta. Loytyikin, mutta koko pohja aika irroteltiin takertunutta kalaverkkoa kovassa virtauksessa. Vapautin muutaman jellyfishin ja meritahden. Muuten ei mitaan erikoista. Ainoa hieno juttu oli sijainti keskella merta ja paikannus maamerkkien avulla ilman teknologiaa.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Dive 32: Tanjung Basi, Pulau Perenthian, Malysia
Depth 16m, time in 11:48, date unknown, 50min divetime, viz 10m, 5kg wts, short suite.
2 x blue spotted ray, yellow boxfish, shady batfish, school of silver batfish, minimum current, estuary grouper, titan triggerfish, brownline snapper, six (6) squids, crown of thorns starfish, tiger cowrie shell, a fed nudie branches, orange spine unicornfish, morish idols, fox face rabbitfish, blue ringed angelfish, surgent majors. Sunlight Divers at Long Beach like all Perenthian dives.
2 x blue spotted ray, yellow boxfish, shady batfish, school of silver batfish, minimum current, estuary grouper, titan triggerfish, brownline snapper, six (6) squids, crown of thorns starfish, tiger cowrie shell, a fed nudie branches, orange spine unicornfish, morish idols, fox face rabbitfish, blue ringed angelfish, surgent majors. Sunlight Divers at Long Beach like all Perenthian dives.
Dive 31: D-lagoon, Pluau Perenthian, Maleysia
Back to Maleysia. Date unknown, dive time 61 min!. temp 30C, viz 8-10m, wts 5kg, suit short, depth 14m.
Giant stingray (!), titan triggerfish, plenty of giant clams, batfish, parrotfish, a purple parrotfish, school of mackarell, bubble coral shrimp, cleaning station with cleaning shrimps, angelfish, squirrelfish, nudie branches, mullets, peacock groupers and clownfish, skunk anonomefish. not bad, the giant stingray made this one.
Giant stingray (!), titan triggerfish, plenty of giant clams, batfish, parrotfish, a purple parrotfish, school of mackarell, bubble coral shrimp, cleaning station with cleaning shrimps, angelfish, squirrelfish, nudie branches, mullets, peacock groupers and clownfish, skunk anonomefish. not bad, the giant stingray made this one.
Dive 30: Underwater World, Singapore
Ehh, swimming in aquarium??!! Well, why not. Date unknown, 30min, temp 29C, good viz, 9 kg wts (more like moonwalking than diving), long suit.
A different one for sure. We were the central point of attention from all the touristy who walked in the underwater glass tunnel expecting to see fish. Saw, held, touched, fed a lot of leopard sharks, eagle and leopard rays, white- and blacktip sharks, giant groupers, sweetlips and a couple of napoleon wrasses. Was actually quite cool. In the other pool we also saw sand tiger sharks and two bullsharks!
A different one for sure. We were the central point of attention from all the touristy who walked in the underwater glass tunnel expecting to see fish. Saw, held, touched, fed a lot of leopard sharks, eagle and leopard rays, white- and blacktip sharks, giant groupers, sweetlips and a couple of napoleon wrasses. Was actually quite cool. In the other pool we also saw sand tiger sharks and two bullsharks!
Dive 29: Ton Sai Bay, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. Night Dive.
Date unknown, time in 7:04pm, 50min, temp 28C, only 4 kg weights which caused problems. (5 x 0,8kg instead of 1kg) depth 11m.
Great barracudas, fat sea urchins, cuttlefish, hermit crab, lionfish, parrotfish, catfish (dead and alive), morish idols, oriental sweetlips, small crabs, sealfaced pufferfish, 2 x trumpet or fluitefish, loads of sleeping rabbitfish. Nice stuff and a cool site but having had not enough wts made everything a bit of a struggle, had to swim head down and kick myself down constantly. VISA dive center.
Great barracudas, fat sea urchins, cuttlefish, hermit crab, lionfish, parrotfish, catfish (dead and alive), morish idols, oriental sweetlips, small crabs, sealfaced pufferfish, 2 x trumpet or fluitefish, loads of sleeping rabbitfish. Nice stuff and a cool site but having had not enough wts made everything a bit of a struggle, had to swim head down and kick myself down constantly. VISA dive center.
Dive 28 : Frogies boulevard, Sibuan island, Semporna Malaysia
40min, 28C, 10-15m, 5kg, short suite, 21m depth. 21st or 22nd june 2006.
Blue spotted ray, green sea turtle, black frogfish, red frogfish, nudey branches etc.
I quit this one a bit earlier since even the site was nice I had done so much diving recently that I felt a bit sick by now.
Blue spotted ray, green sea turtle, black frogfish, red frogfish, nudey branches etc.
I quit this one a bit earlier since even the site was nice I had done so much diving recently that I felt a bit sick by now.
Dive 27: Sibuan lift, Sibuan island, Malysia
21st june 2006, 45min, 28C, 10-15m viz, 18m depth.
Eagle ray, black frogfish, mandarinfish (!), clouded moray eel, 2 x crocodilefish, anenome shrimp, tomatohead shrimp, floander, bubble coral shrimp.
Bubble Coral Shrimp
Clownfish
Soft coral at Sibuan
Crab crawling on my shoulder
Again no decent shot from the precious mandarinfish :(
Even the divesite was boring, the stuff I saw here was tremendous.
Eagle ray, black frogfish, mandarinfish (!), clouded moray eel, 2 x crocodilefish, anenome shrimp, tomatohead shrimp, floander, bubble coral shrimp.
Bubble Coral Shrimp
Clownfish
Soft coral at Sibuan
Crab crawling on my shoulder
Again no decent shot from the precious mandarinfish :(
Even the divesite was boring, the stuff I saw here was tremendous.
Dive 26: Tongs Marker off Semporna, Malysia - 1st Night Dive
20th june 2006, 6:45 pm, 50min, 26C, 5kg short and flashlite. 14m depth.
Spider brittle star, decorator crab, popcorn cuttlefish, spot legged coral crab, banded boxershrimp, some other small shrimps & crabs, spider crab. My first nightdive, exciting. I was the first one to ascend and floated 5 min on the surface alone in the dark, good moment.
Spider brittle star, decorator crab, popcorn cuttlefish, spot legged coral crab, banded boxershrimp, some other small shrimps & crabs, spider crab. My first nightdive, exciting. I was the first one to ascend and floated 5 min on the surface alone in the dark, good moment.
Dive 25: West Ridge, Sipadan Malayisa
19th june 2006 14:50, 55min, 29C, Viz 40m (!!), depth 23m.
Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles, school of spadefish, whitetip sharks, groupers, unicornfish (!), angelfish, butterflyfish, trumpetfish, Racoon butterflyfish. Cool.
Seafan was trhe only thing photographed:)
Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles, school of spadefish, whitetip sharks, groupers, unicornfish (!), angelfish, butterflyfish, trumpetfish, Racoon butterflyfish. Cool.
Seafan was trhe only thing photographed:)
Dive 24, Turtle Patch, Sipadan Malaysia
19th June 06, 12:10, 57min, 28C, viz 15-20m, depth 27m.
Loads of HUGE hawksbill and green sea turtles, many of them all around swimming, relaxing, shaggin on surface. Over ten whitetips on this single dive, pufferfish, schools of batfish, coral grouper, lionfish, regal angelfish. Wall dive as all Sipadan dives, superb.
Green sea turtle at Sipadan
And a werid nudey branch
Loads of HUGE hawksbill and green sea turtles, many of them all around swimming, relaxing, shaggin on surface. Over ten whitetips on this single dive, pufferfish, schools of batfish, coral grouper, lionfish, regal angelfish. Wall dive as all Sipadan dives, superb.
Green sea turtle at Sipadan
And a werid nudey branch
Dive 23, Barracuda Point, Sipadan, Malyisa
19th June 2006, 9:35 Am, 28C, viz 20m, depth 32m.
Another unforgettable Sipadan dive at Barracuda pt. Wall descending down to 700m provides great stuff to see. Scorpion leaffish, white tip sharks, fat grey reef sharks, black tip shark (!), dog tooth tuna, napoleon wrasse, barracudas, silver longfin spadefish, clownfish, triggerfish, blueface angelfish, sargassum fish (?).
Img by Tino / Scuba Junkies
Another unforgettable Sipadan dive at Barracuda pt. Wall descending down to 700m provides great stuff to see. Scorpion leaffish, white tip sharks, fat grey reef sharks, black tip shark (!), dog tooth tuna, napoleon wrasse, barracudas, silver longfin spadefish, clownfish, triggerfish, blueface angelfish, sargassum fish (?).
Img by Tino / Scuba Junkies
Dive 22, Frogies Lair, Mabul Island, Maleysia
This dive at Mabul, close to Sipadan. Great muck diving but no big stuff. Amazing stuff though! 50cm broad club cuttlefish, flying gurnard, crocodile fish, baby lionfish, small blue spotted ray, supercool turtles at touching distance, peacock manta shrimp (!), mushroom coral pipefish, dwarf scorpionfish, purple frogfish, glass shrimp, porquepine crab, tubeworm, flutemouths or trumpetfish. Superb stuff here, even though the site itself wasn't beautiful as in Sipadan.
Tubeworm
18th june 06, 14:55, 28C, 15m viz, 17m depth, 5kg wts.
Tubeworm
18th june 06, 14:55, 28C, 15m viz, 17m depth, 5kg wts.
Dive 21: South Point, Sipadan, Maleysia
18th June 2006, Depth 31m, time in 12:00, 31min, temp 28C, viz 30+, 5kg. White tip reefsharks, grey reefsharks, 3 huge napoleon wrasses (!!!), loads of green and hawkbill turtles, massive school of jackfish, whip coral shrimp, scorpion leaffish (?). Very strong current. All Sipadan Dives from Scuba Junkie.
Napoleon wrasses grow up to 2 meters. Pic by Ken Knezick.
Napoleon wrasses grow up to 2 meters. Pic by Ken Knezick.
Dive 20: Barracuda Point, Sipadan, Maleysia
18th June 2006, time in 9:40, 45min, 28C, superb viz 30m+, wts 5kg short suit. Depth 36m.
Loads of white tip reefsharks, grey reef sharks, a massive dog tooth tuna, school of jackfish, giant travally, harlequine ghost pipefish x 2, triggerfish, a big school of barracuda of course, huge load of normal stuff like morish idols, parrotfish, angelfish, clownfish, groupers, butterflyfish, angelfish. Truly amazing wall dive like everyhting here. Itäs really worth of coming to Sipadan.
Loads of white tip reefsharks, grey reef sharks, a massive dog tooth tuna, school of jackfish, giant travally, harlequine ghost pipefish x 2, triggerfish, a big school of barracuda of course, huge load of normal stuff like morish idols, parrotfish, angelfish, clownfish, groupers, butterflyfish, angelfish. Truly amazing wall dive like everyhting here. Itäs really worth of coming to Sipadan.
Dive 19: Camia II, Boracay, Philippines
Amazing overall experience and my first ever wreck dive. Explored inside and found a dive fully functional computer! Got excited, only 50b left during first air check at 27m. Up with buddy air. Batfish, triggerfish, rainbow runner. Later amusing to show my buddies a divecomputer showing 2h plus divetime. Next day returned to owner who had just lost it a moment before. Cool dive.
Dive 18: Yapak II, Boracay, Philippines
Strong drift, advanced dive that turned out to be too much. Idea was to descend to 30m rapidly, but during descent lost buddy contact and saw nothing. Had to come up. Had a memorable blue moment with blue sea all around but nothing else (no fish, people, seabottom, nothing in any direction I looked.) Have to come back here and complete this one succesfully. Temp 27, viz. 15m, short suit, 5kg weights, 12m.
Dive 17, Fridays Rock, Boracay Philippines
First dive in this new fascinating country. Travelling with Risto and a filipina girl he got to know in Germany, non divers.
15 meters, viz. 15m, 5kg and short suit. Ghost pipefish (!), nudey branch, red bass or some big sweetlips, two titan triggerfish, scorpionfish, lionfish, gold-blue angelfish (bicolor angelfish or regal angelfish). Victor Divers.
A rare ghost pipefish (photo from underwater.com.au)
15 meters, viz. 15m, 5kg and short suit. Ghost pipefish (!), nudey branch, red bass or some big sweetlips, two titan triggerfish, scorpionfish, lionfish, gold-blue angelfish (bicolor angelfish or regal angelfish). Victor Divers.
A rare ghost pipefish (photo from underwater.com.au)
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