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  • Nº57 # Date: 2015-10-04 - 10:55
  • # Max Depth: 13.1m Duration: 52mins
Diver's Notes

Check-out dive. Needed a surprising amount of weights. Red Sea must be a lot saltier than Andaman+Chinese Sea.

At the end of the dive, we tried deploying our SMBs with mixed succes.

Saw blue-spotted stingray, octopus, napoleon wrasse

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Bali 3 mm full
  • Boots: Seac Sub - Basic 5 mm
  • Fins: Seac Sub - Propulsion (open heel)
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper
  • Weights: 10 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 30 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.1m
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Species Identified

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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Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Spotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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