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  • Nº42 # Date: 2013-01-20 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 19m Duration: 48mins
Diver's Notes

Equipment trouble - tank kept coming out of BC. Must get my own gear.

Some grey nurse sharks, grouper, typical local fish. Hood ok but extra restriction for breathing.

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  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 21°C
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     205 → 65 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.7m
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Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) (Port Jackson shark) A common shark of the continental shelves , from close inshore at the intertidal zone to 275 m . Segregates by sex and maturity stage . Nocturnal, hides in caves and rocky gullies during the day . Feeds on benthic inver...
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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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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).

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