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  • Nº277 # Date: 2024-08-31 - 12:37
  • # Max Depth: 30.2m Duration: 64mins
Diver's Notes

Was supposed to be doing 3 dives however boat rudder broke en route to shark observatory. As a result was towed back to local dive sites and lost a lot of time.
Ended up changing plan to Ras Katy.
Dived to drop off, reef on right then headed back towards pinnacles, few blue spotted rays. Barracuda (large) at start and end of dive.
Collected rubbish on dive. Ended up having to surface as buddy was low on air. He ascended with guide. Took over and took the other divers back around boat and pointed out another blue spotted rays, a crown of thorns, some clownfish on anemone. Barracuda was under the boat as we ascended.

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  • Temp: Surf 31°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     206 → 45 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.7m
  • SAC: 1.06 bar/min
  • RMV: 12.72 L/min
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Species Identified

Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (threebanded anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (crown-of-thorns starfish)
Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 (Barracuda) Its habits are probably similar to those of the phylogenetically closely related Sphyraena sphyraena . Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans and fishes. Caught in trammel nets and beach seines .
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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