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  • Nº235 # Date: 2023-06-21 - 19:30
  • # Max Depth: 14.1m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

Night Dive, Buddied with Chris and Lois
Boat to Boat
Boat with Reef on the Left, Porcupine fish on entry, Large Moray being observed, when chris was filing it was spooked and popped out and swam past me and up the reef wall (Large specimen) aprox 25 mins along reef then circled back as two other boatshad entered the water en route. on way back Lois said she had enough so aborted the dive early.
Also feather sea star, sleeping parrotfish in mucus secreted sack and a trunkfish.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:205 mins
  • Temp: Surf 31°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
  • 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: AquaTec - Dive Alert V2
  • Other: Suunto - Tank Pod
  • Weights: 2 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Chris Harman, Lois Maunard
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 15L Steel     217 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.5m
Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) (burrfish)
Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Moray)
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
Discotrema crinophilum Briggs, 1976 (Crinoid clingfish) Found in protected coastal reefs from shallow reef flats to about 20 m depth along slopes and walls . Found among arms of crinoids .
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish) Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals . Benthopelagic . Solitary . Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive i...
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