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  • Nº45 # Date: 2014-11-11 - 08:44
  • # Max Depth: 29m Duration: 42mins
Diver's Notes

Original plan was to dive the Alma Jane wreck, but the buoy was not visible so we took the Atoll dive site as an alternative.

Saw assorted nudibranchs, clownfish, Moorish idol, butterflyfish, black-blotch triggerfish, palette surgeonfish.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: Evo - Elite 3 mm shorty
  • Boots: Seac Sub - Basic 5 mm
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper
  • Camera: Canon - PowerShot SX20 HS + WP-DC42
  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     220 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.6m
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Species Identified

Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blackbelly triggerfish) Inhabit subtidal reef flats and protected lagoons, Ref. 48637. Found mainly in rubble-algal habitat and usually in loose aggregations. Shy species, usually swimming away or when small, diving into holes . Oviparous . Also taken by drive-in nets .
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Palette surgeonfish) Occur in clear, current-swept terraces of seaward reefs. Observed in loose aggregations 1 or 2 meters above the bottom; juveniles and subadults typical in groups near isolated Pocillopora eydouxi coral heads and when alar...
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