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  • Nº19 # Date: 2020-11-14 - 09:42
  • # Max Depth: 11.6m Duration: 49mins
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Our fist dive in Play del Carmen.

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi - Ultra Light
  • Computer: Cressi - Newton
  • Fins: Cressi -
  • Mask: Cressi - Big Eyes
  • Regulator: Cressi -
  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     207 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 7.7m
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Species Identified

Chilomycterus atringa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Porcupine fish)
Coenobita clypeatus (J. C. Fabricius, 1787) (Caribbean Hermit Crab)
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
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Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 (Caribbean trumpetfish) Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips . A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swi...
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