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  • Nº100 # Date: 2023-09-03 - 01:15
  • # Max Depth: 21.9m Duration: 89mins
Diver's Notes

2nd dive 2 tanker aboard Datu Budas
Mansud Wall out and back, boat had moved. Boat pU
multilevel, mostly solo dive

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:92 mins
  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Wall
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Light: Odnum - Diving
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Legend
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan LX
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.6m
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Species Identified

Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1843 (Gold-sponge)
Spheciospongia purpurea (Lamarck, 1815)
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 (sikksakkorall) azooxanthellate
Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) azooxanthellate
Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766) (Broad sea fan) Although there is no direct information on the reproduction of the pink sea fan, it is thought that larvae are short-lived and settle soon after release . It is a slow growing and long-lived species and if a population is...
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Apogon affinis (Poey, 1875) (Longtooth cardinalfish) Adults prefer exposed deep reefs and rocky outcroppings . Eggs are incubated orally by both parents . This is the only species in the genus Apogon with mouthbrooding done by males and females .
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardinal fish) Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves. Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes . Oral brooding by males .
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Puffer) Abundant in all inshore habitats where there is adequate cover, such as seagrass beds and reef flats. Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms . Generally common . Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Puffer) Inhabits inshore and near-shore areas, over sand or mud bottoms. Usually found alone or in small, loose aggregates. Adults are pelagic, but near continental margins; young are commonly found on coastal and offshore banks...
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Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (Fivestripe wrasse) Found in clear outer lagoon reefs and exposed seaward reefs. Abundant in shallow exposed areas with surge channels , with gutters, large Acropora plates and algae bottom . Benthopelagic . Males are often in small loose...
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Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .

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