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  • Nº276 # Date: 2024-08-30 - 15:18
  • # Max Depth: 21.2m Duration: 59mins
Diver's Notes

Underwhelming dive
Jumped and drifted towards drop off visiting multiple pinnacles.
Lots of glass fish, some small shrimp. Small Napoleon wrasse, large exposed Moray on edge of pinnacle. A couple of blue spotted ray. Bright red anemone at 18m. Multibar pipefish on a pinnacle at end of dive.Sleeping starry puffer and loads of Moorish idols on reef wall. Surfaced and picked up by the boat.

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  • Surface interval:92 mins
  • Temp: Surf 32°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Regulator: Atomic Aquatics - SS1
  • 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 32
  • 12L Steel     205 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.1m
  • SAC: 1.15 bar/min
  • RMV: 13.8 L/min
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Species Identified

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838) (Network pipefish) Found among algal-matted rock and living corals of lagoon and seaward reefs from the low tide line to a depth of 25 m or more. Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (False moorish idol) Occur primarily along outer reef slopes, in current channels. Juveniles in aggregations around isolated patch reefs, adults in large schools well above the bottom . In Indonesia, adults most common in depth 40-50 m, repo...
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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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Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Humphead wrasse) Humphead wrasses are extremely long-lived, known to survive for at least 30 years, and taking around five to seven years to reach sexual maturity . Adults are usually solitary, spending the day roaming the reef and returni...
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Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811) (banded coral shrimp)

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