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  • Nº183 # Date: 2025-09-13 - 10:21
  • # Max Depth: 31.7m Duration: 81mins
Diver's Notes

1st dive two-tanker
flat seas, calm, mostly cloudy
multilevel

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Compass:
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Go Rescue
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: SEAC - Synchro
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 21.1m
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Species Identified

Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Pavona frondifera Lamarck, 1816 (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Turbinaria peltata (Esper, 1794) (Disc coral) zooxanthellate
Chaetodon melannotus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Blackback butterflyfish) Usually solitary or in pairs in coral-rich areas of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of over 15 m. Juveniles inshore. In pairs or traveling in small groups . Feed on octocorallian and scleractinian cora...
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Heniochus varius (Cuvier, 1829) (Horned bannerfish) Occur in deep lagoons and steep outer reef slopes, with mixed algae and coral growth . Solitary or in small groups. Feed on corals and other invertebrates . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding . Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 48636.
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pennant coralfish) Inhabit deep, protected lagoons and channels, and the deeper parts of outer reef slopes. Juveniles are often solitary while adults occur in pairs . A planktivorous species that generally remains within a few meters of th...
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Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) (Butterflyfish)
Cymothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Cymothoa exigua)
Leptanthura boweni Poore, 1981A
Gobiosoma nudum (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (goby)
Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (Pajama cardinalfish) Forms aggregations among the branches of Porites nigrescens and P. cylindrica in sheltered bays and lagoons . Disperses at night to feed close to the bottom . Has been reared in captivity . Popular aquarium fish .
Apogon trimaculatus Cuvier, 1828 (Three-spot cardinalfish) Inhabits inshore coral reefs . Nocturnal species .

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