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  • Nº51 # Date: 2013-01-26 - 13:45
  • # Max Depth: 12.2m Duration: 34mins
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dive1 Start 13:45 200bar tank
12m 34min finish 100bar left in tank

Instructor Hayley, Buddies David/Gabe

Octopus, monster wobbegong, 1.5m grey nurse (sand tiger) shark (so smooth, dynamic and graceful with entourage of little fish), very friendly blue groper!

Typical rocky southeastern NSW environment, many purple and orange sponges, blue weed, starfish, triggerfish, parrotfish.

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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 69 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.1m
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Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) The sand tiger shark is one of the best-studied of the shark species. They are the only sharks known to gulp air at the surface and store it in their stomach to provide buoyancy . These sharks generally mate between Octobe...
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Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) (Wrasse) Found in coastal rocky areas at depths to about 40 m . Max. length for female species . Protogynous hermaphrodite .
Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 (Octopus)

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