- Bill McDavid's trip Indonesia 2012
2012-09-29 - Satonda Reef, Satonda Island, Indonesia
25m - 42 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Night Dive
2012-09-29 - Angel Reef, Moyo Island, Indonesia
28.7m - 33 min - Dived with Jerome Monney from Waow Charters
2012-09-30 - Techno Reef, Indonesia
28.7m - 42 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Saw our first Pygmy Seahorses!
2012-09-30 - Deep Purple, Komodo, Indonesia
23.2m - 47 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
More Pygmy Seahorses!
2012-09-30 - Hot Rocks Sangeang, Komodo, Indonesia
25m - 58 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Bubbles rising from the volcanic gases. Sand warm to the touch.
2012-09-30 - Estuary, Sangeang Volcano, Indonesia
25m - 58 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Engorged Sea Anemone with clownfish.
2012-10-01 - Castle Rock, Komodo Island, Indonesia
30.2m - 39 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
4 sharks. 1 nurse. 3 whitetip reef sharks. shot with wide angle 15mm fisheye
2012-10-01 - Lighthouse Reef Sangeang, Komodo, Indonesia
30.5m - 46 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
2012-10-01 - Crystal Rock, Komodo National Park, New Location, Indonesia
31.4m - 29 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Very difficult dive. Strong current. All possible was to hang on to the bottom and wait it out. Bea almost lost fin. came up in a washing machine. Wide Angle
2012-10-01 - Shotgun, Komodo, Indonesia
26.2m - 46 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Beautiful exciting drive that started gentle with the wall full of soft corals. Then we went into a big sandy bowl with a few sharks around. Photographed one. Current then picked us up and blasted us through the "shotgun" - a narrow passage between two islands. Very cool! Like flying. Photographed an engorged sea anemone w clownfish
2012-10-02 - Crystal Rock, Komodo National Park, New Location, Indonesia
31.4m - 46 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
Much better than last attempt at this location. Eel, clownfish, yellow trumpetfish wide angle.
2012-10-02 - Batu Bolong, Komodo National Park, New Location, Indonesia
27.1m - 48 min - Dived with Jay Monney from Waow Charters
BEst dive of the trip so far. Steep wall on backside of small rock exposed above surface. Saw large green moray. Sea turtle. Sweetlips. Doctor Tuna. Trevally. Good snorkeling at end of dive. Major current with whirlpool action on both sides of island but calm downstream.
2012-10-02 - Pink Beach, Komodo, Indonesia
21.9m - 62 min - Dived with Waow Charters
Nice Dive! Zig zagged alongside a beach on reef full of fish. Saw 2 cuttlefish the second of which let me photograph him ad nauseum. Huge tuna, sea turtle at close range. Giant frogfish (white), nudibranch (yellow), clownfish, small green moray. Macro Lens.
Mistakenly installed wide angle lens in macro port. Naturally, saw everything there is to see. Huge puffers, banded coral shrimp, ghost pipefish, stingray (blue spotted), flounder, huge dark lionfish, giant clam Loh Liang Bay
Bobbitt worm. Orangutan Crab, decorator crab, boxfish, spearing mantis shrimp, fusilier (red fish with lionfish), indian armina (nudi), sole, smooth flute mouth, fire urchin, feather star (chrinoid) macro lens
Green water dive. Many ghost "ornate" pipefish. Hairy squat lobster. Brittle starfish, soft coral crab. Juvenile painted frogfish, roughsnout ghost pipefish. Macro Lens
Giant Frogfish. Blue spotted stingray, medium sized turtle under ledge was willing photo subject. twin gobies on wire coral. Huge school of cownose rays. Mobius rays. steep wall full of coral. Macro lens
Warty frogfish, juvenile warty frogfish, octopus, blenny, sea turtle, sea apples, fire urchin, peacock mantis shrimp, hypselodoris bullocki (nudi), reticulated chromodoris (reddish flat nudi), ocellated phyllidia (nudi). Macro lens
Current very strong. Worked hard and used my air quickly.
2012-10-04 - Torpedo Alley (Rinca Island), Komodo, Indonesia
20.7m - 66 min - Dived with Waow Charters
Macro
Coral blenny. Lionfish Macro
Numerous bumphead parrotfish, bea saw two mantas. I saw a large marble ray. Puffer fish, Big barracuda
Blacktip reef shark unicorn fish 5 manta rays turtle bottom was like rolling hills topography
Mating ritual of the mandarinfish! Pygmy squid, decorator crab, razorfish.
Fast drift dive. turtle. large mackerel. decided I use too much weight.
2012-10-06 - Tatawar Kecil, Komodo National Park, New Location, Indonesia
22.3m - 50 min
Shark. Beautiful reef with swim throughs.
Photographed the pygmy seahorse! Lots of garden eels checkered snapper bi-color angelfish
Long wall very close to shore. Not many big fish. A few large mackerel. Very large sea fans. lots of coral killed by traps being drug across bottom. 2 octopus.
Nice relaxing dive. Bea worked on her best diver pose.
Wall dive big sea fans large needle fish coral crab relaxing dive.
2012-10-08 - The River Mouth, Maumere, Indonesia
11.9m - 56 min - Dived with Waow Charters
Very cool muck dive. Seahorses. Pipefish. Eel in a sack. Mantis shrimp. White eyed moray reeftop pipefish peacock mantis shrimp striped fangblenny squat shrimp (looks like yoga pose) spangled shrimp goby (female) chocolate chip sea star
Interesting wreck. not terribly crowded as reported. Pygmy seahorse bumphead parrotfish moorish idol green and black nudi blue spotted stingray.
Ghost pipefish ornate pipefish
Wall dive close to shore 100mm macro lens AF stopped functioning.
Half dead reef dive close to shore mostly shot video
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