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  • Nº76 # Date: 2023-04-23 - 09:47
  • # Max Depth: 33.8m Duration: 83mins
Diver's Notes

Coral Garden - 3rd Rock first dive of 2 tank boat trip Talicud Island, Philippines
Sunny, breezy, surface calm
viz @ 50-70ft
multilevel
drop in near shore buoy, descend to max depth then up to shallows back to boat
Green Sea turtle @ 105 ft eating sponges

Storm with capsized boat rescue, after dive

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Oceanic - OceanPro
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: SEAC - Synchro
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive with Ton Ton Akquino
  • Dive buddies: Ton Ton
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 22.6m
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Sebastiscus marmoratus (Cuvier, 1829) (Filefish) Found near shore, on rock bottom . Commercially cultured in Japan. Viviparous . Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland .
Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960 (Misaki balloon aeolis)
Apogon lativittatus Randall, 2001 (cardinalfishes) Secretive species found in areas with rocky bottom along exposed shores .
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Balarton)
Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 (Red bigeye) Occurs in inshore and offshore reefs from less than 20 m to more than 400 m depths. Apparently forms aggregations in open bottom areas and is very abundant in the South China Sea and Andaman Sea. Marketed fresh, whole. Sound production has been studied in this species.
Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) (Bigeye) Found on rocky bottoms between 5 and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.
Xenia sexseriata Verseveldt, 1977
Xenia schenki Roxas, 1933
Xenia sansibariana May, 1899
Xenia samoensis Kölliker
Xenia rubens Schenk, 1896
Xenia puertogalerae Roxas, 1933
Xenia nana Hickson, 1930
Xenia novaebritanniae Ashworth, 1900
Xenia novaecaledoniae Verseveldt, 1974
Xenia pulsitans Kent, 1893
Xenia quinqueserta May, 1899
Xenia multispiculata Kükenthal, 1909
Xenia mucosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
Xenia miniata Reinicke, 1997

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