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  • Nº118 # Date: 2024-01-27 - 01:03
  • # Max Depth: 20.1m Duration: 77mins
Diver's Notes

Single dive off end of pier at Davao Boat Club, highlight Blue Spot Ray, so named Blue Spot DBC
quiet, viz off and on poor to decent, started good
recent heavy rains, very silty and sandy
very low tide suraced far from beach, hard swim back in surface windy chop. windy day, poor surface conditions
multilevel

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Muck Dive
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - PRO HD
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Compass:
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Light: Odnum - Diving
  • Light: Sofirn - SD05
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Calypso
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 14 bar
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  • Average depth: m
  • 2. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 0m
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Species Identified

Cerceis picta Nierstrasz, 1931
Joeropsis patagoniensis Richardson, 1909B
Xenobalistes tumidipectoris Matsuura 1981 (奇鳞鲀)
Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 (Triggerfish)
Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (Orange filefish) Usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud . Juveniles are associated with floating Sargassum. Solitary or in pairs . Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses . Generally considered as trash fish, rarely consumed . Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855 (Dottered filefish)
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
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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Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 (Ornate butterflyfish) Occur in clear waters and coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. However, only common in seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Juveniles are solitary, living among branching corals, while adults are almost always in pa...
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Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier, 1831 (Triangle butterflyfish) Inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs . Closely associated with Acropora corals, particularly the staghorn variety. Territorial and in pairs . Juveniles solitary among coral branches . Feed mainly on coral polyps and theref...
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Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Sixspine butterflyfish) Occur in pairs on flat sand or silty bottoms on coastal reefs. Adults school in large numbers over open muddy substrates in deep water. Juveniles sometimes in large lagoons with seagrasses in depths of about 5 m or more . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (Butterflyfish)
Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (oneband anemonefish) Found in lagoon reefs and embayment. Monogamous , protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor . Has been reared in captivity .
Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Yellowstreaked snapper) Inhabits offshore reefs and muddy habitats. Juveniles are sometimes found in the vicinity of coral reefs, often located close to the shore where silting is moderate and visibility is reduced. Adults usually very deep . Feeds on fishes and a variety of benthic invertebrates.
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Coral hawkfish)
Sargocentron microstoma (Günther, 1859) (Smallmouth squirrelfish) Inhabits virtually all coral reef zones . Benthopelagic in or near crevices and holes . Common in thickets of staghorn Acropora or in large Pocillopora heads . Feeds on small crustaceans, worms, and fishes during the ni...
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