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  • Nº296 # Date: 2025-05-05 - 10:46
  • # Max Depth: 11m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

Zodiac down Mooring line onto wreck of Santo Antao
Very shallow wreck, dropped on top and explored shallow dive site, worked along to main body of wreck with an insane number of porcupine fish all over the wreck. Spotted a couple of sting rays some at rest some on the move. Bud is (large and fireworks. Several leopard snake eels, scribbled filefish and a scorpion/toadfish to be confirmed.
Nice easy dive.

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  • Surface interval:30 mins
  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Fins: Hollis - F2
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Boots: Cressi Sub - Isla
  • Camera: Olympus - Tough TG6
  • Camera: Gopro - Hero 10 Black
  • Computer: Suunto - D5
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Venom Blue
  • Other: Suunto - Tank Pod
  • Light: Sealife - Seadragon 2500 Lumen x2
  • Regulator: Atomic Aquatics - Z3 DIN 1st and 2nd Stage on Swivel
  • Other: AquaTec - Dive Alert V2
  • Weights: 0 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     191 → 36 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.2m
  • SAC: 1.52 bar/min
  • RMV: 22.8 L/min
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Species Identified

Raja herwigi Krefft, 1965 (Cape Verde skate) Found in shelf waters . Oviparous . Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell .
Aplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901) (atlantic black seahare)
Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) (Leopard eel) Burrows in coarse sand along the rocky coasts of oceanic islands .
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-spine porcupinefish)
Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862 (Channeled rockfish) Found on soft bottom, at a bottom temperature range of about 5.5°-12.5°C and usually at a depth of about 400 m. They live on or near the bottom but feed in the water column . Specimens usually brought to the surface with...
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Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diamond lizardfish) Primarily found in shallow inshore waters . Rests on hard surfaces rather than on sand . Also occurs in reef areas, but ventures into open shelf water as deep as 90 m . Caught with several types of artisanal gear. Reportedly good to eat, but not utilized widely .
Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866 (Senegalese rockfish) Found in shallow rocky areas .
Porogobius schlegelii (Günther, 1861) (Guineantokko) Occur inshore, in the intertidal zone, mangrove areas, estuaries, lagoons and lower river basins, mainly in brackish and fresh waters . Feed on fish, lamellibranchs, phytoplankton and detritus .

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