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  • Nº9 # Date: 2004-11-17 - 14:00
  • # Max Depth: 16m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Second dive of the day at dolphin House to see the spinner dolphins. The same pod were there in the afternoon but more of them this time. There were half a dozen or more and they seemed to be really interested in us and followed us up during the safety stop.
So good we had to do the dive twice.

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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     191 → 57 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.7m
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Species Identified

Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) (spinner dolphin) Spinner dolphins move about the oceans in schools; groups that vary in size from just a few dolphins to over a thousand. They commonly school with other species such as pantropical spotted dolphins, or small toothed whale...
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Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.

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