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  • Nº86 # Date: 2012-10-02 - 06:40
  • # Max Depth: 21m Duration: 44mins
Diver's Notes

overcast, dark in the water

many jacks & bonito swimming among creolefish school in the "theatre"

hammerheads, sea turtle, lots of moray eel, leather bass, amarillo snapper, BIG yellowfin tuna, WHALE SHARK x2

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  • Temp: Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Computer: Aeris - Manta
  • Fins: Sherwood -
  • BCD: Sea Quest - Balance
  • Weights: 15.4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 10L Steel     214 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (Whale shark) These sharks are usually solitary, but loose groups of up to 100 individuals have been sighted, often when they are feeding . Whale sharks appear to be highly migratory , and have been tracked for thousands of kilometres ....
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Caranx caballus Günther, 1868 (Bonito)
Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) (Creolefish)
Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) (Amarillo snapper)
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) (yellowfin tuna) The yellowfin tuna is a schooling fish, and has a strong tendency to aggregate with fish of the same size, rather that just school with other yellowfin tunas . They can often be seen swimming near the surface with other t...
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Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895) (leather bass)

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