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  • Nº10 # Date: 2013-03-17 - 09:00
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 25mins
Diver's Notes

Happy St Paddy's Day! This was an interesting dive for a number of reasons:
-1- It was my first time back in the water in 21 months
-2- Completed my nitrox certification yesterday afternoon
-3- Never under estimate the importance of all of the diver safety
-4- Really different coral formations

I was nervous about doing a boat dive this morning. I had not done a refresher dive the day before due to rough conditions. I also forgot my wetsuit in NY and wanted to keep the "brain-farts" to a minimum.

The location is named Hepp's Pipeline for the bizarre wall formations.

We had to cut the dive short...Adam had air issues. Sign language is so important!

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, wall
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Steel     200 → 76 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.3m
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Species Identified

Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Pseudopterogorgia acerosa (Pallas, 1766) (purple sea plume)
Agaricia lamarcki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (sheet coral) zooxanthellate
Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (thin tube coral) azooxanthellate
Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) (Deady) Prefers coral reefs and clear water. In the Gulf of Mexico, it occurs in clear deep reefs . At Bermuda and the West Indies, the species is common in shallow water, but it usually hides in caves or under ledges during the...
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Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) (Bigeye) Found on rocky bottoms between 5 and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.
Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) (Angelfish) Inhabits rock jetties, rocky reefs and rich coral areas. Juveniles often associated with fire corals . Feeds on tunicates, sponges, zoantharians and algae. Marketed fresh .
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (elkhorn coral) zooxanthellate
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (grooved brain coral) zooxanthellate

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