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  • Nº7 # Date: 2004-11-15 - 12:30
  • # Max Depth: 22m Duration: 41mins
Diver's Notes

Last Dive of the Day on Eliphinstone reef . Dived over plateau and hang around the wall. Lucky enough to see a whale shark and two oceanic white tips hanging around in the blue. Few Barracudas, dogtooth tuna and napoleon fish were also about.

Slight current about two knots along the wall so turned out a mini drift dive. One of the other dives was low on air after 35 mins so we had to ascent.

No safety stop as last dive, Yassar my dive guide was great in pointing out the sea life.
Top dive really enjoyed it.

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     195 → 65 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.7m
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Species Identified

Sphyraena lucasana Gill, 1863 (Barracuda)
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (Whale shark) These sharks are usually solitary, but loose groups of up to 100 individuals have been sighted, often when they are feeding . Whale sharks appear to be highly migratory , and have been tracked for thousands of kilometres ....
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Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) (Oceanic white-tip shark) The diet of the oceanic whitetip shark primarily consists of bony fishes such as tuna and mackerel, but also includes stingrays, sea turtles, sea birds, squid, crustaceans, mammalian carrion , and occasionally even rubbish...
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Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Humphead wrasse) Humphead wrasses are extremely long-lived, known to survive for at least 30 years, and taking around five to seven years to reach sexual maturity . Adults are usually solitary, spending the day roaming the reef and returni...
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