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  • Nº306 # Date: 2025-05-13 - 10:53
  • # Max Depth: 11.4m Duration: 43mins
Diver's Notes

Previous dives issues for two divers meant we had to drop 2 Pax off at beach. Suggested to be checked on so guide went with them as unsure if they had completed safety stop and were clearly distressed. Guide checked - all fine so rejoined for dive. One of the other Pax decided enough stress so suggested a shallow dive. Appreciated that I was ok with that.
Ended up a nice dive from a video/image point of view. Once again porcupinefish everywhere. A bright yellow golden tail moray was a hoghlight as well as a European flounder. Large nudi, stingrays, leopard eels. group ended dive early as were cold (not as impressed with that as were all in wetsuits (I was in a rash vest and over top and shorts.

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  • Surface interval:35 mins
  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Regulator: Atomic Aquatics - SS1
  • Camera: TG6 Housing - Sea Frogs
  • 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     190 → 93 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.3m
  • SAC: 1.16 bar/min
  • RMV: 17.4 L/min
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Species Identified

Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) (Leopard eel) Burrows in coarse sand along the rocky coasts of oceanic islands .
Raja radula Delaroche, 1809 (Rough ray) Range from coastal waters to about 300 m depth . Feed on all kinds of bottom animals . Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother . Eggs are oblong capsules ...
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Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) (French sole)

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