Beachnutts
Philippines
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Nº188
Date: 2025-11-09 - 01:17
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Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 63mins
Dive Location
- Surface interval:79 mins
- Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°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
- Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
- Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
- Light: Sofirn - SD05
- Regulator: SEAC - Synchro
- Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
- Weights: 3.2 kg
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Eric Cembrano,
Reymar Tano,
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 10L Aluminium 207 → 21 bar
- Average depth: 12.2m
Data provided by EOL.org
Species Identified
Haliclona cribriformis (Ridley, 1884)
Scleritoderma nodosum Thiele, 1900
Axinyssa valida (Thiele, 1899)
Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883)
Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900
Petrosia lignosa Wilson, 1925
Acropora indonesia Wallace, 1997
zooxanthellate
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cauliflower coral)
zooxanthellate
Acropora echinata (Dana, 1846)
zooxanthellate
Goniopora tenuidens Quelch, 1886 (Anemone coral)
zooxanthellate
Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1797) (Hood coral)
zooxanthellate
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Rudarius minutus Tyler, 1970 (Minute leatherjacket)
Collected from mixed sand-coral habitats. Lives mainly on coastal reefs and most often found on outcrops of coral in sheltered sandy bays subject to moderate tidal currents . Occurs singly or in groups among the branches of gorgonians, soft corals, or finely-branched fire corals .
Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara, 1939) (Japanese leatherjacket)
Inhabits deep muddy substrates from about 30 meters depth, but some individuals were found drifting with large Sargassum rafts over deep water, well away from the shore .
Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955 (Twospot surgeonfish)
Inhabits coral and rubble areas of deep lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds by scooping film of detritus and unicellular algae that produce ciguatera toxin making this species a key link in the ciguatera food chain . Caught with nets .
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829) (Elongate surgeonfish)
Inhabit steep slopes, often in turbid waters, generally in the vicinity of coral reefs or rocky bottoms. Form resident spawning aggregations . Adults often seen in schools, feeding mid-water on plankton . Feed on zooplankton. Marketed fresh. Flesh is almost never poisonous .
Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963 (Dwarf hawkfish)
Shallow coastal to outer reef flats and slopes to 45 m depth . Common inhabitant of coral reefs, typically resting at the bases of coral heads . Studies indicate that it is haremic and spawns nightly . Occasionally in pairs .
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2nd dive aboard FHY North end of Samal
still windy and choppy but drop in at Camudmud near shore but swim into shipping channel. Stopped to photo and lost group, was in flat bottom at 60ft every direction no compass. SMB from 60ft well into channel, boat pickup
multilevel, solo