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  • Nº250 # Date: 2024-03-11 - 10:55
  • # Max Depth: 27.9m Duration: 59mins
Diver's Notes

DIVE 250 - Happy with dive!
Boat to boat unguided - left first so got to explore some of the site well before anyone else.
Reef on left and headed to South plateau. Large Crocodile fish, and blue spotted Ribbon tail rays. Some nice outcrops,
As we doubled back I spotted a hawksbill in a small overhang, able to get close and some good pics and videos. As another couple of divers were coming i called them over. as I did the lady unfortunately spooked the turtle while trying to get photos.
Got pretty friendly with a Moray rrl, so went along the wall to anemone city with the reef on the right, we snaked back and forth, also spotted a spanish Dancer on the day dive. On the way back to the boat Chris went and headed to the boat, guide pointed out a stonefish so I popped down to get some pics - very well hidden and covered in green algae adding to camoflague

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:112 mins
  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 22°C
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
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  • Dive buddies: Chris Harman
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 12L Steel     202 → 35 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.9m
  • SAC: 1.18 bar/min
  • RMV: 14.16 L/min
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Species Identified

Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829) (Tentacled flathead) Found in the vicinity of coral reefs on sand or rubble bottoms.
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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Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Moray)
Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Haddon's sea anemone)
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish) Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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Hexabranchus sanguineus (Spanish dancer)

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