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  • Nº16 # Date: 2018-04-16 - 19:11
  • # Max Depth: 21.4m Duration: 61mins
Diver's Notes

Very good dive site for night dive. :)

Spotted multiple pygmy seahorse and also multiple ghost pipe fish

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Mares - Prestige MRS+
  • Regulator: Mares - Prestige 12S
  • Computer: Suunto - D4i Novo
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.8m
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Species Identified

Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770) (Harlequin ghost pipefish) Usually settles along reef edges in current-prone areas . Uncommon species found solitary or paired, among branches of gorgonians, floating weeds, or crinoids . They feed mostly on mysids but also target small benthic sh...
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Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley 1970 (Pygmy seahorse) Adults are usually found in pairs or clusters of pairs, with up to 28 recorded on a single gorgonian, and may be monogamous . Unusually, it is the male, and not the female, that becomes pregnant in seahorses . Breeding oc...
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