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  • Nº46 # Date: 2022-11-13 - 10:59
  • # Max Depth: 26.2m Duration: 90mins
Diver's Notes

Talicud Island 2 dive day aboard Datu Budas
1st dive Coral Garden offshore buoy from white house
Hot, partly cloudy, calm surface

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Oceanic - OceanPro
  • Camera: Canon - Powershot SD780
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: SEAC - Synchro
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 17.5m
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Species Identified

Xenia tripartita Roxas, 1933
Xenia viridus Schenk, 1896
Euchone analis
Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800) (feather duster)
Heteractis crispa (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834) (Leathery sea anemone)
Heteractis magnifica (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833) (Magnificent sea anemone)
Fabriciola ghardaqa
Fabriciola baltica
Platax boersii Bleeker, 1852 (Golden spadefish) Adults occur mostly in large schools along drop-offs, including outer reefs; singly in coastal waters. Juveniles are on deep slopes among tall coral formation . Benthopelagic .
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (Orbicular batfish) Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks . Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly ...
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Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan, 1918 (Cauliflower coral) zooxanthellate
Porites evermanni Vaughan, 1907 (Hump coral) zooxanthellate
Centropyge aurantia Randall and Wass, 1974 (Golden angelfish) Found among coral and sponge of seaward reef slopes . Cryptic, seldom seen by divers. Feeds on flake food and brine shrimp . Rarely exported through the aquarium trade .
Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862) (Angelfish)
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 .
Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest, and the non-...
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