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  • Nº79 # Date: 2016-10-01 - 12:52
  • # Max Depth: 8m Duration: 35mins
Diver's Notes

Large stone fish, Octopus, squid, Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Crocodilefish.

Felt a bit rushed - short 3rd dive

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:21 mins
  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 150 bar
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  • Average depth: 5m
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Species Identified

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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Octopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913) (Octopus)
Abralia dubia (Adam, 1960) (Enope squid)
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 (Black scorpionfish)
Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Crocodile fish) Lives on sand or rubble substrates of sheltered or semi-exposed reefs to a depth of at least 8 m . Well camouflaged on reefs .
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. A common inshore species, often on algal or silty reefs and among attached Sargassum on shallow rubble flats . Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser exte...
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Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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