Alf
Cayman Islands
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Nº12
Date: 2013-12-09 - 18:19
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Max Depth: 6m Duration: 33mins
Dive Location
- Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Reef, Photo
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- BCD: Oceanic - Ocean Pro QLR 1000D
- Boots: Akona - Titanium
- Compass: Innovative Scuba - Compass Slate
- Computer: Suunto - D4i
- Fins: Aqualung - X-Shot
- Mask: Oceanic - Shadow
- Other: Oceanic - Arid Snorkel
- Regulator: Cressi Sub - Ellipse Titanium / MC9
- Weights: 5 kg
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Dive with Ocean Frontiers, Ltd.
Dive buddies:
Scott Marin
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 0L Aluminium 214 → 85 bar
- Average depth: 4.6m
Data provided by EOL.org
Species Identified
Octopus briareus Robson, 1929 (Caribbean reef octopus)
Astichopus multifidus (Sluter, 1910) (fissured sea cucumber)
Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker, 1858) (Blackblotch squirrelfish)
A relatively uncommon inhabitant of rocky reefs and coral-rich areas. Spine of preopercle venomous. Usually seen solitary , but sometimes forms schools in deep water in oceanic locations .
Neoniphon marianus (Cuvier, 1829) (Longjaw squirrelfish)
Rarely found in shallow water, but appears to be the most common squirrelfish in the depth range of 30-60 m or more . Reported used as food fish .
Condylactis gigantea (Weinland, 1860) (giant caribbean anenone)
Cribrinopsis fernaldi Siebert and Spaulding, 1976 (fernald brooding anemone)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) (boulder brain coral)
zooxanthellate
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First Night Dive. Location: Sunset Reef on eastern end of Grand Cayman. Saw octopus after earlier following ink squirt plumes. Did not see any rays. Plenty of squirrel fish. Lots of blood worms and anemones were active.
A little weird when you surface looking for the boat. Fortunately, the moon was full and provided light on the ship. The sound and buoy markers were not visible.