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  • Nº17 # Date: 2012-09-29 - 10:05
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 44mins
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  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 11.8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Steel     221 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 16m
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Species Identified

Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark) Common in bays and estuaries often entering rivers. Also found in offshore waters at depths of about 500 m, generally less than 100 m. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes, including wrasses, but also marine snails, squid a...
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