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  • Nº95 # Date: 2017-04-18 - 10:46
  • # Max Depth: 42m Duration: 49mins
Diver's Notes

Cave with swim through, relatively shallow and goes in and then splits into two chambers that you could surface on either side in the chambers - left side shallows up right side remains with some depth
Two large scorpionfish in cave.
42m dive (drift) Nudibranch & Tiger flatworm, blue spotted rays and usual reef fish.

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  • Surface interval:1210 mins
  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Cave, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Weights: 6 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     205 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.1m
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Species Identified

Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Large-scaled scorpion fish) Solitary and sedentary over rocky, sandy or muddy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and mollusks .
Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (Thunberg, 1793) (Weedy stingfish)
Pseudoceros dimidiatus Graff, 1893 (flatworm)
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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Naso caeruleacauda Randall, 1994 (Blue unicorn) Found in schools, mainly along outer reef walls to moderate depths in pursuit of plankton .
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) (Orangespine unicornfish)
Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (pyjama slug)
Plectorhinchus harrawayi (Smith, 1952) (哈氏胡椒鲷) In coral reefs of the West Pacific Region .
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) (Crust coral) zooxanthellate

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