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  • Nº65 # Date: 2023-02-12 - 01:10
  • # Max Depth: 24.7m Duration: 72mins
Diver's Notes

2nd dive 2 boat dive day
multilevel 1:24 SI
Drop in just NW of CGBR resort nearshore, North swim but fading viz and quiet, not much spotted. Boat pickup

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:84 mins
  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Research
  • Visibility: Average Water: Fresh
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • 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: 16.5m
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Species Identified

Sebastes crameri (Jordan, 1897) (Blackblotched rockfish) Found on soft bottoms . Viviparous . Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland .
Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) (Bigeye) Found on rocky bottoms between 5 and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.
Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker, 1856 (Blueback damsel) Occurs singly or in small aggregations at slightly turbid areas of lagoon and coastal reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic algae.
Pomacentrus agassizii Bliss, 1883 (Creole damsel) Inhabits lagoon and inshore coral reefs .
Plectroglyphidodon sindonis (Jordan and Evermann, 1903) (Rock damselfish) Found in very shallow water in the surge zone of exposed rocky shores . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on benthic algae and occasionally on small invertebrates .
Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder, 1909) (Richardson's reef-damsel) A common species found in coral and rocky reefs areas exposed to ocean swells . Forms loose groups near the bottom .
Chromis caerulea (Cuvier, 1830) (blue puller) Occurs in lagoons, passages, and outer reef slopes. Feeds above rich beds of live coral.
Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830) (Brown puller) Usually inhabits steep outer reef slopes and rocky bottoms. Found singly or in small groups. Uncommon .
Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787) (Black-snouted sergeant-major) Inhabits lagoons, coastal embayments, reef passages and outer reefs. Juveniles often found among Sarcophyton and Sinularia soft corals. Feeding aggregations are frequently observed over growths of the staghorn coral Acro...
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Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) (yellow demoiselle) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Adults feed mainly on benthic algae but also on sponges, ascidians and anemones while juvenile feed on invertebrates like harpacticoid copepods and nemerteans . Often solitary ....
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Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (twostriped damselfish) Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Inhabits branching coral heads, particularly Pocillopora eydouxi. Forms schools, often in silty habitats . Male prepares a nest by cleaning with its mouth a rock or coral surface where the female will attach the eggs .
Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Common filefish) Found on sand or mud bottoms. Associated with Sargassum . Adults feed on benthic invertebrates . Edible but generally rejected by fishers .
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard, 1854) (Orangetail filefish) Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthopelagic .

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