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  • Nº113 # Date: 2004-08-11 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 36.8m Duration: 51mins
Diver's Notes

Saw a hammerhead in the distance, then a gentle swim back up the reef.

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  • Dive type : recreational, deep dive
  • Temp: Bottom 29°C
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Weights: 6 Kg
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  • Dive buddies: Alan Kingshott
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Dive Profile

  • Tank nº1
  • Steel, 12L
  • AIR mix
  • Pressure: start: 210bar
    end: 50bar
  • SAC: 0.91 bar/min
  • RMV: 10.92 L/min
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834) (scalloped hammerhead) Forming impressively large schools, female scalloped hammerheads gather in the Gulf of California during the day, around underwater mountains known as seamounts, where they perform a wide range of poorly-understood behavio...
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Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Humphead wrasse) Humphead wrasses are extremely long-lived, known to survive for at least 30 years, and taking around five to seven years to reach sexual maturity . Adults are usually solitary, spending the day roaming the reef and returni...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856 (Bluestripe pipefish)

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