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  • Nº223 # Date: 2023-06-18 - 07:02
  • # Max Depth: 28.5m Duration: 62mins
Diver's Notes

Zodiac dice, Headed to North East and dived back along well. Shark but brief, deep and with Plankton Bloom so some very grainy footage. Likely to be a hammerhead based on large dorsal fin akthough impossible to see Seflafoil. Quacked but unable to find after alerting other divers/ Some Barracuda, Jackfish, several Napoleon Wrasee

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, 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
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Light: Sealife - Seadragon 2500 Lumen x2
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Venom Blue
  • Other: Suunto - Tank Pod
  • Weights: 2 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Chris Harman, Lois Maynard
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 28
  • 15L Steel     214 → 55 bar
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  • Average depth: 16m
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Species Identified

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834) (scalloped hammerhead) Forming impressively large schools, female scalloped hammerheads gather in the Gulf of California during the day, around underwater mountains known as seamounts, where they perform a wide range of poorly-understood behavio...
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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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Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838 (Yellowtail barracuda) Inhabits lagoon and sheltered seaward reefs ; also found in bays . Often schools on coastal reefs .
Aurelia labiata Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821 (Moon jellyfish)

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