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  • Nº251 # Date: 2024-03-11 - 14:58
  • # Max Depth: 13.3m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Boat to boat, Reef on right and followed around - pretty heavy current at extremity of dive so headed back. On Return reef on left
Pretty barren dive especially on way out, large porcupinefish but a fair way in front. Couple of pinnacles with some glassfish. On way back stayed closer to the reef, spotted a free swimming Moray going along the reef. Also a couple of Lionfish one tiny. As we neared the boat spotted a large barracuda and was able to follow it for a while. While doing the safety stop spotted a blue spotted ray below us so headed down for a few images and then finished safety stop.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:184 mins
  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, 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 buddies: Chris Harman
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 15L Steel     202 → 66 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.6m
  • SAC: 1.16 bar/min
  • RMV: 17.4 L/min
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Species Identified

Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829 (Pickhandle barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoon or seaward reefs ; also in bays, estuaries and turbid inner lagoons . Diurnal and solitary, although the young form schools. Feeds mainly on fishes but also takes squid. Sold fr...
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Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) (burrfish)
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
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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