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  • Nº74 # Date: 2012-08-04 - 03:02
  • # Max Depth: 15.2m Duration: 55mins
Diver's Notes

Concentration on htis dive was "Peak Buoyancy" for AOW training.
Best vis. so far, w/ most sea life.

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Training, Drift, Reef, Peak Buoyancy
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5.9 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 69 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.2m
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Species Identified

Panulirus guttatus (Latreille, 1804) (spotted spiny lobster)
Opsanus beta (Goode and Bean, 1880) (Gulf toadfish) Commonly found in seagrass beds and rocky cuts in coastal bays and lagoons, and in shallows along open coast. In western coast of Florida, adults spawn in February and March . Nesting males produce grunt calls called the...
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Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859 (Jonah crab)
Cancer irroratus Say, 1817 (Atlantic rock crab)
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 .
Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 (Loggerhead Turtle) Adults are primarily carnivorous, using their powerful jaws to crack open crustaceans such as crabs and even seemingly impenetrable molluscs such as the queen conch (Strombus gigas) and giant clam (Tridacna s...
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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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Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) (Giant grouper) The goliath grouper may be solitary or occur in groups of up to 50 or more individuals. Home range appears limited and the fish produces a booming sound when threatened by divers or large sharks. Variations of these voca...
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