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  • Nº18 # Date: 2012-04-13 - 11:45
  • # Max Depth: 18.6m Duration: 49mins
Diver's Notes

Followed by pro underwater photographer Adrian Stacey who photographed us with a leopard shark.

Saw leopard sharks, large pufferfish, green turtle, sea snake, squirrelfish, lionfish, boxfish

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  • Surface interval:58 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper
  • Fins: Seac Sub - Fuga (full foot)
  • Wet suit: Evo - Elite 3 mm shorty
  • Weights: 4.8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.7m
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Species Identified

Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783) (zebra shark) These sharks are mostly solitary but can occasionally be found in aggregations of 20 to 50 individuals . Believed to be a nocturnal hunter, they spend most of the day lazily swimming and resting on the bottom , becoming a...
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