David 'dibs' Bishop
Maldives
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Nº187
Date: 2021-10-19 - 09:32
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Max Depth: 31.4m Duration: 42mins
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- Surface interval:1355 mins
- Temp: Surf 31°C Bottom 29°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Wreck, Photo, Maldives 2021 South Ari Atoll
- Visibility: Good 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 32
- 12L Steel 200 → 50 bar
- Average depth: 19.4m
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Species Identified
Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Puffer)
Abundant in all inshore habitats where there is adequate cover, such as seagrass beds and reef flats. Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms . Generally common . Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish)
Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 (Dark moray)
Inhabits rocky bottoms .
Sicyonia dorsalis Kingsley, 1878 (lesser rock shrimp)
Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck 1801 (Varicose nudibranch)
Phyllidia coelestis Bergh 1905 (Nudibranch)
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Wreck dive
Guides challenge to find 10x Macro Critters (Didn't take long)
Led 4 divers to wreck. Spotted large Starry Puffer. Moved along underside of wreck and spotted 2 Nudi. Moved along and penetrated through side hatch. Lots of shrimp (Ghost) found stonefish, lionfish, Moray, and multiple Nudis as well as usual reef fish.