reef check at sisters' darat, 26 nov 05
i was craving for nitrogen and when i got the email from reef friends asking for volunteers to do reef check at sisters' island, i signed me up immediately.
vis was so-so today, i wld say about 1-2m. slight current and high sedimentation. i thought i d be adventurous today and dive without a wetsuit (real reason is that just thinking of washing the wetsuit after dive makes me feel tired...) i m not sure if it is worth it suffering an hour of twitching and leg spasms when getting stung by hydroids though. i now have a thigh full of hydroid scars to show my foolishness. but then, my wetsuit is nice and dry and i didnt have to wash and wring it. i ll put myself through the torture again next time. btw, i also left my bc and regulator at home, nice and dry, wrapped in plastic while i use rented gear. keeping them in pristine condition so that one day, they can be donated to the museum.
my buddy, anthony and i did the fish transect survey. in layman's language, it's just fish-counting loh... sounds easy enough but then in such great visibility, it's quite challenging. all the fish zip about like shadows and becos visibility is crap, i have to go chase after them to see who they are only to find out that they are not in our target list, which includes grouper (>30cm), barramundi cod, moray eel, snapper, sweetlips, napolean wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, parrotfish (>20cm) and butterfly fish. i did see a pair of copper-banded butterfly fish eventually and i was so excited and gestured wildly to anthony cos i finally have something to record! along the way, we saw many nudibranchs (pterollidia and phyllidia) and a giant polyclad flatworm dancing in the water! i was practically 'shouting' to anthony when i saw the flatworm. i had to shout many times and he didnt turn around until i tugged his leg. for the uninitiated, "flatworm" is "ou-ooooo" when spoken underwater with a regulator in the mouth. for amazing pictures of critters and corals found in singapore waters, pls see jani's blog.
some land pictures:
the motley crew
getting ready
our rugged boat
sumptuous lunch on luxury cruise
vis was so-so today, i wld say about 1-2m. slight current and high sedimentation. i thought i d be adventurous today and dive without a wetsuit (real reason is that just thinking of washing the wetsuit after dive makes me feel tired...) i m not sure if it is worth it suffering an hour of twitching and leg spasms when getting stung by hydroids though. i now have a thigh full of hydroid scars to show my foolishness. but then, my wetsuit is nice and dry and i didnt have to wash and wring it. i ll put myself through the torture again next time. btw, i also left my bc and regulator at home, nice and dry, wrapped in plastic while i use rented gear. keeping them in pristine condition so that one day, they can be donated to the museum.
my buddy, anthony and i did the fish transect survey. in layman's language, it's just fish-counting loh... sounds easy enough but then in such great visibility, it's quite challenging. all the fish zip about like shadows and becos visibility is crap, i have to go chase after them to see who they are only to find out that they are not in our target list, which includes grouper (>30cm), barramundi cod, moray eel, snapper, sweetlips, napolean wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, parrotfish (>20cm) and butterfly fish. i did see a pair of copper-banded butterfly fish eventually and i was so excited and gestured wildly to anthony cos i finally have something to record! along the way, we saw many nudibranchs (pterollidia and phyllidia) and a giant polyclad flatworm dancing in the water! i was practically 'shouting' to anthony when i saw the flatworm. i had to shout many times and he didnt turn around until i tugged his leg. for the uninitiated, "flatworm" is "ou-ooooo" when spoken underwater with a regulator in the mouth. for amazing pictures of critters and corals found in singapore waters, pls see jani's blog.
some land pictures:
the motley crew
getting ready
our rugged boat
sumptuous lunch on luxury cruise
posted by nan at 6:00 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, the photos on Jani's blog are very nice! It's quite amazing to see such a variety of NB's in our own S'pore waters!
Hey, since you prefer rented gear for various reasons, why not entrust your BC and Reg to me? :))
yar lor i also say.... some more got pipefish woh! and the nudibranch pics machiam like those posted in Fins magazine.
entrust my bc and reg to you? cannot cannot... i trust only my own embalming skills.
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