West Java, Indonesia, June 2004

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West Java, Indonesia, June 2004

A series of underwater digital images taken in Java, Indonesia. All dives were made at Sangyang Island, Sunda Strait, as well as Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands) between 18 - 26 June 2004. All images were taken with an Olympus 5050 housed in an Olympus PT-015 housing mounted on a ULCS tray with arms. A single Inon Z-220 strobe was also used.

These dive sites are among the closest to Jakarta, and can be easily reached from the capital the same day. The Pulau Seribu are a popular weekend destination for Jakarta city-dwellers anxious to escape the often sizzling heat of the metropolis. Visibility is fair to poor, and much of the coral has been damaged.

Sangyang island is much more remote and difficult to reach as there are no commercial boats serving the island. As there can often be strong currents racing through the Sunda Strait which joins the Indian Ocean and Java Sea, both soft and hard corals can be found in great abundance. The rich nutrients carried by the currents through the strait support a healthy abundance of marine life, but visibility is also fair to poor.

All images are fully copyrighted. If you wish to use an image, please contact the photographer for further information at reef_wreck@yahoo.com.sg. Thank you.

Date: 07/07/2004

Owner: reefwreck

Size: 36 items

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Bristle-tailed Filefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 2379	Male Spinecheek Anemonefish Date: 07/07/2004 Views: 1867	Dozing Hawksbill Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 2078	Moray with Cleaner Wrasse Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1695
Beaked Coralfish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1716	Phyllidiella pustulosa Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1677	Phyllidia ocellata Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1620	Thysanozoon sp. Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1750
Honeycomb Moray with cleaner shrimp on snout Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1809	Lionfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1768	Pair of Scribbled Pipefish Corythoichthys intestinalis Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1825	Chromodoris coi nudibranch Date: 06/30/2004 Views: 1767
Porcupinefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1762	Scorpionfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1743	Juv. Teira Batfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1921	Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1885
Pair of Spinecheek Anemonefish, with male in foreground Date: 06/29/2004 Views: 1934	Clark's Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1817	Lionfish eye Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1821	"Scrambled Egg" nudibranch Phyllidia varicosa Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1830
seafan Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1628	Tunicates Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1692	Ornate or Whiskered Pipefish Halicampus macrorhynchus Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 2052	Yellow boxfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1781
Clark's Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1856	One for the biology textbooks Date: 07/02/2004 Views: 1906	Angry Moray Eel Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1920	Hawkfish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1773
Still angry Moray Eel Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1976	Nembrotha cristata nudibranch Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1805	Multi-barred Angelfish and friend Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1767	Sponge and fish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 2697