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: 2183	Male Spinecheek Anemonefish Date: 07/07/2004 Views: 1654	Dozing Hawksbill Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1865	Moray with Cleaner Wrasse Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1501
Beaked Coralfish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1518	Phyllidiella pustulosa Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1498	Phyllidia ocellata Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1434	Thysanozoon sp. Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1569
Honeycomb Moray with cleaner shrimp on snout Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1618	Lionfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1591	Pair of Scribbled Pipefish Corythoichthys intestinalis Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1629	Chromodoris coi nudibranch Date: 06/30/2004 Views: 1586
Porcupinefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1576	Scorpionfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1533	Juv. Teira Batfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1726	Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1674
Pair of Spinecheek Anemonefish, with male in foreground Date: 06/29/2004 Views: 1721	Clark's Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1616	Lionfish eye Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1615	"Scrambled Egg" nudibranch Phyllidia varicosa Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1602
seafan Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1419	Tunicates Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1485	Ornate or Whiskered Pipefish Halicampus macrorhynchus Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1842	Yellow boxfish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1600
Clark's Anemonefish Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1628	One for the biology textbooks Date: 07/02/2004 Views: 1704	Angry Moray Eel Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1725	Hawkfish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1586
Still angry Moray Eel Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1765	Nembrotha cristata nudibranch Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 1619	Multi-barred Angelfish and friend Date: 07/01/2004 Views: 1565	Sponge and fish Date: 07/04/2004 Views: 2459