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  • Nº230 # Date: 2023-06-20 - 11:14
  • # Max Depth: 20.4m Duration: 67mins
Diver's Notes

Nice dive swimming through caves doing a double figure of 8, then swimming along the wall and repeating pattern in the next caves.
Multiple Scorpionfish, Moray being cleaned & some Pyjama Nudibranchs.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:191 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Cave, 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 Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 15L Steel     216 → 63 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.4m
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Species Identified

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 .
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (pyjama slug)
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) (Barchin scorpionfish) Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels. A nocturnal species.
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) (Green grouper) Inhabit turbid coastal reefs and are often found in brackish water over mud and rubble . Juveniles are common in shallow waters of estuaries over sand, mud and gravel and among mangroves . Feed on small fishes, shrimps...
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