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  • Nº1 # Date: 2012-09-22 - 10:50
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 34mins
Diver's Notes

1st Training Dive, Cramp Removal, Tired Diver Tow, Snorkel/Regulator Exchange, Remove/Replace Scuba (Surface), Remove/Replace Weights (Surface).
Awesome totally relaxed, saw 2 cuttlefish, 2 blue spotted stingrays, nemo, played with pineapple sea cucumber

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Fins: Scubapro - Jetsport
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  • Mask: Icon -
  • Weights: 10 kg
Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Graeme
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     205 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Species Identified

Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891) zooxanthellate
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cauliflower coral) zooxanthellate
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Pyjama) Occurs in seaward reefs among coral branches. Also in clear coastal waters, dense coral habitats on shallow reef crest or slopes to depth of about 20 m. Usually occurs in small loose groups. A shy species, usually swimm...
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Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blue wrasse) Occurs in the upper portions of lagoon and coastal reefs, and in protected seaward reefs . Enters estuaries . Usually found on upper portions of ledges and heads . Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fish eggs . A protogynous hermaphrodite .
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (black-and-white damselfish) Territorial, inhabit shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Form large aggregations above staghorn Acropora thickets or in smaller groups above isolated coral heads. Feed on zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and algae...
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Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) (blue-green chromis) Found in large aggregations above thickets of branching Acropora corals in sheltered areas such as subtidal reef flats and lagoons. Juveniles closely tied to individual coral heads . Phytoplankton feeders. Breeding is d...
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Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 (Cuttlefish)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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