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  • Nº12 # Date: 2011-05-23 - 13:22
  • # Max Depth: 7.3m Duration: 46mins
Diver's Notes

First dive in the US.

Saw Southern stingray and porcupine puffer.

Not enough weights. Had to swim to stay down.

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  • Temp: Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - 3 mm shorty
  • Fins: Seac Sub - Fuga (full foot)
  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Steel     152 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 7.2m
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Species Identified

Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928 (stingaree) The southern stingray is an active swimmer that feeds primarily at night, on a diet of invertebrates and small fishes. They feeding by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins to disturb the sand, and expose their prey . T...
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