Apollos Lyre
United States
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Nº1
Date: 2012-08-02 - 13:40
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Max Depth: 7.3m Duration: 47mins
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- Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
- Dive type : Training, Wreck, Reef
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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- Weights: 4.1 kg
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Dive with Michael D'haem from Rainbow Reef Dive Center
Dive buddies:
Charles Eisele,
Cheryl Eisele,
Michael D'Haem
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- 1. Air
- 12L Steel 207 → 48 bar
- Average depth: 4.9m
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Species Identified
Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill, 1818) (Fringed Fiiefish)
Occurs in shallow water down to 50 m depth, over sandy and rocky bottoms, but more commonly in grass beds . Often seen moving head down among seagrass blades . The young are often associated with floating Sargassum . Feeds on plants and algae, and also on small crustaceans . Rarely consumed .
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First open water dive ever. Was a great experience to start out, even though it was exhausting. We followed the right procedure of heading into the current to start out and then riding it back to the boat. However, I had a lot of trouble maintaining good buoyancy. Used a dive line to get down.