After everybody has settled in, peter briefed us on the workaround of the dive center(where to put ur equipment, no tank purging, and whatnots) and the dive sites that we'll be surveying for the weekend..jeng jeng jeng
Before we went for our dive, we ordered for our lunch first..hehehe..so that, when we come back from our dive, everything will be ready..
Dive 1 : Batu Layar This is a checkout and mock survey refresher dive..a 50 meter transect is laid and ecodivers will perform alternate surveys each 25 meters
In the middle of the dive, 5-6 bumphead parrotfish came from the blue to have their lunch..what a sight..
..yellow tail snappers and juvenile barracudas were also sighted..
oh..Ecodiver to ecodiver advise:
if u're using a normal wood pencil to note ur survey, pls ensure u have an extra pencil..while i was doing the mock survey, when i took out my pencil, the tip broke and i spent the first 5 minutes peeling the pencil..haha..muppet
this was
PETER's 500th Dive! congrats peter! sorry..there were no pictures of him being thrown into the icebox..hehe
Dive 2 : DUMPSTER Dive The infectants: Peter, RoCKET and shafi
RoCKET wanted to get footage of rubbish on the seabed, so on the way back from Batu Layar, Peter, RoCKET and shafi went down NEARBY the garbash pontoon..they found rubbish alright, and a wheel barrow as well..hehe..peter said he saw a coral cat shark down there..
YUCK!Right enough, our lunch were already waiting for us when we got back..yum yum..tuna/cheese/egg sandwich with fries....
Dive 3, Survey 1 : Tukas Laut(shallow) First survey for the trip..Tukas Laut
Bottom time : 60 minutes
max depth : 8.8 meters
average depth: 5.1 meters
Fish Survey : Daniel lim, buoyantvenus
Invert Survey : Trigger_fish, bajaulaut
Substrate Survey: Shafi, bijan
somehow, the site reminds me of teluk kador at tioman..NIA's were spotted regularly when i did substrate..pollution?
