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  • Nº14 # Date: 2006-05-18 - 10:47
  • # Max Depth: 26.5m Duration: 40mins
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Warmin shorty
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Whale Shark dive! Saw a 27 footer at around 75ft down - passed 15 feet underneath us!

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 27°C
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6.4 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 0
  • 0L Aluminium     221 → 83 bar
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  • Average depth: 17.7m
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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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