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  • Nº9 # Date: 2011-12-17 - 12:09
  • # Max Depth: 27.4m Duration: 29mins
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Blue groupers, wobbegongs,

Victim for diver rescue, saved by horrie

Instructor 495633

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  • Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 120 bar
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  • Average depth: 18.3m
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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).
Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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