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  • Nº5 # Date: 2011-11-27 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 28m Duration: 38mins
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Boat Dive
2-3 Grey Nurse Sharks
Big Eastern Blue Grouper
Porcupine Fish
AOW Deep Dive
Instructor 254 979

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 15°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     220 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 18.7m
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Species Identified

Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) (Blue grouper) Considered rare in Tahiti but quite common in atolls . The species is easily confused with E. poecilonotus, E. radiatus, or E. tuamotuensis, three closely related deep-water groupers. Known to be ciguatoxic at Mauritius. Uncommon in local markets (probably due to it deep-water habitat).
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Gray reef shark) Occurs on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters adjacent to them . Common on coral reefs, often in deeper areas near drop-offs to the open sea, in atoll passes, and in shallow lagoons adjacent to areas of str...
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Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) (Birdbeak burrfish) Inhabit clear protected reefs with sponge and algal habitats. Often in large sponges during the day . Usually over sand and mud bottoms to at least 170 m . Occasionally on reefs . Active at night, feeding among reefs . A nocturnal species that presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates .

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