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  • Nº185 # Date: 2021-10-17 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 21m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

Whale Shark while Snorkelling during surface Interval!!!
Juvenile Turtle possibly Olive Ridley turtle for 5 to 6 minutes of dive. Whitetip Reef Sharks. Lovely Anemones getting blasted by current. Yellow Margin Moray

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  • Surface interval:108 mins
  • Temp: Surf 31°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Steel     200 → 80 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.6m
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Species Identified

Lepidochelys olivacea Eschscholtz 1829 (Olive Ridley Turtle) Although they do also nest alone, olive ridleys are known for their remarkable mass nestings, when many thousands of females congregate on the same beach; the event is known as an 'arribada', which is Spanish for 'mass arr...
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Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (Whale shark) These sharks are usually solitary, but loose groups of up to 100 individuals have been sighted, often when they are feeding . Whale sharks appear to be highly migratory , and have been tracked for thousands of kilometres ....
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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (Whitetip reef shark) Despite its docile nature during the day this nocturnal shark can become aggressive when hunting at night, thrashing through coral reefs looking for potential prey. The whitetip reef shark usually hunts alone, but is non-t...
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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (False moorish idol) Occur primarily along outer reef slopes, in current channels. Juveniles in aggregations around isolated patch reefs, adults in large schools well above the bottom . In Indonesia, adults most common in depth 40-50 m, repo...
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