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  • Nº220 # Date: 2023-06-17 - 09:49
  • # Max Depth: 17.2m Duration: 61mins
Diver's Notes

Check Dive, Over weighted so dropping min 2Kgs for next dive. Buddied with Chris Harmon.
Jumped from boat and headed left in wide loop around reef system, Porcupine fish ander table coral then went around with reef on right hand side, found a bright red Anemone with Clown fish. Small swim through towards end of the dive, and second section I swam through.
Simple dive

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Boots: Cressi Sub - Isla
  • Camera: Gopro - Hero 10 Black
  • Camera: Olympus - Tough TG6
  • Computer: Suunto - D5
  • Light: Sealife - Seadragon 2500 Lumen x2
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Venom Blue
  • Other: Suunto - Tank Pod
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Chris Harman
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 28
  • 15L Steel     223 → 93 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.8m
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Species Identified

Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (threebanded anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trunkfish) Inhabits lakes. Bottom feeding insectivore. Breeds during flood season and enters the floodplain for this purpose . Shows three 'preferred' modes of intervals between electric organ discharges (inter-EOD) when at rest: 10-35 ms, 50-120 ms and 200-350 ms .
Pomacanthus asfur (Forsskål, 1775) (Arabian angelfish) Common around semi-protected inshore reefs with rich soft and hard coral growth, occasional patches of silt bottom. Very aggressive toward its own species, unless paired. Feeds mainly on sponges and tunicates . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 9710.
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) (Shortfin turkeyfish) Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, in areas with weed-covered rocks on sandy substrates. Adults often found on sponges and juveniles are sometimes found in small aggregations on remote bommies with 10 or so individuals . Nocturnal. Feeds on small crustaceans .

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