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  • Nº189 # Date: 2021-10-19 - 18:33
  • # Max Depth: 16.4m Duration: 61mins
Diver's Notes

Night Dive on house reef
Cool dive, spotted multiple crustaceans in rocks, Black Tips just outside in the dark. Found Hermit crabs moving around then a couple of porcupine fish one large one juvenile nearby. Moray in cleaning station being cleaned by banded shrimp, second Moray koined and got some great footage.headed to lit up area near pontoon of Italian restaurant, Black tips in abundance, also massive Nurse Shark came past. awesome atmospheric dive.

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  • Surface interval:361 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Boots: Cressi Sub - Isla
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 33
  • 12L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.6m
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Species Identified

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (blacktip reef shark) This powerful swimmer is well known for its tendency to enter incredibly shallow water, and is often found in water only 30 centimetres deep or less, with its distinctive dorsal fin protruding from the surface of the water...
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Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) (cleaner shrimp)
Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Moray) Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans, sometimes leaving the water in pursuit of prey . Benthic . Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species . Caught with various nets .
Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab) Eats on dead organic material. A long foreplay, to ensure the baring of the abdomen was not vain. The mating only lasts less than a minute.
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-spine porcupinefish)

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