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  • Nº17 # Date: 2010-09-18 - 11:18
  • # Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 48mins
Diver's Notes

DPV DIVE-
GEAR: Bombardier Sea-Doo DPV's. Easy to take apart and put back together. Drop in performance toward the end on the instructor's DPV. DPV not very fast but much faster than finning. The control was easy and intuitive. Had a lot of air by the end of dive! (for once)

Had no trim weights and always felt pushed forward on surface... quite annoying. No Wet suit

Viz in some spots was very blurry due to fresh water / sea water mix from a river nearby.

Saw a bunch of fish: puffer, butterfly, angel, trumpet, squirrel, lizard, trigger and some electric eels, groupers and a few sting rays.

Saw 2 wrecks. 1 pangas and 1 sunken peer where I practiced slalom.

SEA SICKNESS: Took the Transderm-V off at night ... feel ok the next day.

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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 24°C
  • Dive type : Training, Advanced: DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle), Boat Dive
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 97 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.2m
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Species Identified

Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862) (Angelfish)
Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish)
Fistularia corneta Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Cornetfish)
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard, 1854) (Brown-lined triggerfish) A rare species that occurs in offshore reefs, often seen well above the bottom . Also taken by drive-in nets. Oviparous .
Sargocentron suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) (Squirrelfish)
Ichthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Sand-eel)
Urotrygon aspidura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) (Spiny-tail round ray)
Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880) (Pacific porgy)

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