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  • Nº248 # Date: 2024-03-10 - 18:26
  • # Max Depth: 18.1m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

Night Dive off the boat
Dived with Vincent (French)
Had a pair of Lionfish following us, multiple Morays, some crabs under reef, Scorpionfish, Spanish Dancer, several starfish and some leatherback Urchins. Had several large blue striped Trevaly hunting around us

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:139 mins
  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • 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: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 28
  • 15L Steel     186 → 56 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.8m
  • SAC: 1.37 bar/min
  • RMV: 20.55 L/min
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Species Identified

Hexabranchus sanguineus (Spanish dancer)
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (Tassled scorpionfish) Inhabits clear-water outer reef slopes and channels from depths of 1 to at least 35 m, in areas with mixed rock and coral substrates. Venomous spines.
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) (Shortfin turkeyfish) Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, in areas with weed-covered rocks on sandy substrates. Adults often found on sponges and juveniles are sometimes found in small aggregations on remote bommies with 10 or so individuals . Nocturnal. Feeds on small crustaceans .
Astropyga magnifica A. H. Clark, 1934 (Pale spine fire urchin)

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