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  • Nº83 # Date: 2016-10-04 - 13:53
  • # Max Depth: 27m Duration: 59mins
Diver's Notes

Unguided - I led

Cave with sweet lips and an eagle ray that when it spotted me left cave and took flight over reef (Left the water and caught doing so on video) allowed people on boat to see.

giant Moray Eel, Sweet Lips, Blue spotted Ribbontail Ray

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  • Surface interval:130 mins
  • Temp: Surf 31°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Cave, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.3m
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Species Identified

Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877 (Eagle ray) Occurs in bays, estuaries, and near rocky reefs . Usually solitary . Feeds on clams, oysters, worms, and crabs . Ovoviviparous . Although the spine on the tail is capable of inflicting a painful wound, the poison is quickly neutralized by immersion of the injured area in hot water .
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830) (Lemon sweetlip) Inhabits coastal waters near reefs and weedy areas . Adults usually on silty reefs at moderate depths, or in current channels occasionally inshore; juveniles enter estuaries and harbors . Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans . Good food fish, marketed fresh.
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Bluespotted cornetfish)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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