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  • Nº170 # Date: 2019-10-03 - 08:56
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 58mins
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Nitrox 15L
Non guided dive on Lankan, Free swimming turtle at start of the dive, several white tip reef sharks, a green turtle and extreme close up with a friendly hawksbill

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo, Wall
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 15L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (Whitetip reef shark) Despite its docile nature during the day this nocturnal shark can become aggressive when hunting at night, thrashing through coral reefs looking for potential prey. The whitetip reef shark usually hunts alone, but is non-t...
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