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  • Nº177 # Date: 2012-01-28 - 11:14
  • # Max Depth: 10.4m Duration: 47mins
Diver's Notes

SS New Guinea. nice dive, but not much of a wreck. It's pretty much just metal strewn around the place. You can also see some of the wreckage up on the rocks.

Plenty of fish life on there, but I'm not sure I'd go back for the wreck.

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  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 18°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 11L Steel     190 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.1m
  • SAC: 1.06 bar/min
  • RMV: 11.13 L/min
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Species Identified

Haliotis (Abalon)
Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840) (Blue-throated wrasse) Found on rocky reefs .
Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839) (Maori wrasse) Found in coastal bays to offshore reefs, often in loose aggregations .
Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833) (Yellowtail scad) Inhabit mangroves and coastal bays. Form schools , or singly . Pelagic . Mainly diurnal. Feed on crustaceans and cephalopods . Fast swimming in midwater in pursuit of zooplankton .
Nemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937) (Sea carp) Occurs on the continental shelf .
Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879) (Red morwong) Adults found on exposed rocky reefs down to about 30 m; juveniles on coastal reefs, amongst algae.
Goniistius spectabilis (Hutton, 1872) (Brown-banded morwong) Found on shallow reefs .

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