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  • Nº73 # Date: 2023-03-30 - 11:31
  • # Max Depth: 23.2m Duration: 69mins
Diver's Notes

DBC single dive day, morning high tide, multilevel, swimming safety stop, solo
High Tide 11:02 am
Jump in end of pier, swim from coral head to coral head, good viz top to bottom at end of pier, more on North side. Not spotting much.
found crusty drone @72ft in the sand
current picked up heavy around 35 mins inhard swim back to shallows, exit beach
DBC @ Drone Deep

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Muck Dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Compass:
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan LX
  • 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: 15.4m
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Species Identified

Chromis limbaughi Greenfield and Woods, 1980 (Damselfish)
Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (Porcelain coral) zooxanthellate
Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905) (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Halichoeres argus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Argus wrasse) Inhabits shallow coastal reefs and seagrass flats , also in algae-rocky reef flats and lagoons .
Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker, 1857 (Blue-banded wrasse) Lives on flat sandy bottoms or rubble .
Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) (painted wrasse) Inhabits coral reefs, normally high above the bottom. Swims with worm-like movements. Feeds on various invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite . Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size .
Canthigaster margaritata (Rüppell, 1829) (ocellated toby) Common in tide pools near reefs and in shallow reef areas. Skin near dorsal and ventral ridge can be inflated, e.g. during territorial display among males .
Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903) (Lantern toby) Inhabits outer reef slopes, generally at depths greater than 24 m, but also seen below 6 m . Benthopelagic . Solitary or paired. Feeds on mollusks, echinoderms, brachiopods, and filamentous algae .
Sphoeroides parvus Shipp and Yerger, 1969 (Puffer) Inhabits shallow, turbid coastal waters and estuaries.
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) (Big longnosed butterflyfish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits seaward reefs to depths greater than 60 m . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on whole organisms such as small crustaceans. Usually seen in pairs. Oviparous , monogamous . Forms pairs during breeding . Sometimes dark brown instead of yellow .
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 (Black-blotched porcupinefish) Inhabits reef edges and slopes . Hides in caves and ledges during the day and forages at night . Also found below plate-corals during the day and often deep, ranging to at least 40 meters depth. Juveniles occur in lagoo...
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Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
Notobryon wardi (iridescent nudibranch)

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