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  • Nº103 # Date: 2017-04-22 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 32m Duration: 59mins
Diver's Notes

Drift, strong current meant boat had to move so had to relocate and headed towards over side of lagoon. Blue spotted rays Burr fish and crocodile fish

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  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • Weights: 6 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     184 → 15 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.1m
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Species Identified

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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Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) (burrfish)
Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted flathead) Frequents shallow areas in depths of 10 m or less. Taken in trawl fisheries at depths from 23 to 250 m. Reported from a trap in the Gulf of Aqaba at a depth of 300 m. Young to juvenile stages utilize mangrove habitat . Adults occur in silty sand habitats from the shallows to a depth of 300 m .

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