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  • Nº8 # Date: 2013-02-04 - 14:02
  • # Max Depth: 19.2m Duration: 34mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4.1 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 18 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.8m
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Species Identified

Scorpaenopsis barbata (Rüppell, 1838) (Bearded scorpionfish) Benthic to at least 30 m .
Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811) (banded coral shrimp)
Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) (red saddleback anemonefish) Found in silty coastal waters and protected bays where visibility is often reduced. Usually found in pairs . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor and Heteractis crispa .
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) (purple-spined sea urchin)
Hymenocera picta Dana, 1852 (harlequin shrimp)
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) (yellowtail snapper)
Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oriental sweetlips) Inhabits coral reefs and inshore rocky reefs . Juveniles solitary, inhabits clear shallow protected lagoon; adults may be solitary or occur in aggregations .

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