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  • Nº40 # Date: 2006-07-22 - 18:42
  • # Max Depth: 9m Duration: 20mins
Diver's Notes

Lovely evening for a dive, warm and sunny. Vis not the best as usual, murky and silty.

Took a few shots with my camera, must use it more often.

Did a bit of snorkelling afterwards for an hour and watched the sun go down over Dun Laoghaire.

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  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - Maverick
  • Mask: H2O Odyssey 3 - MS8
  • Other: Suunto - 2+1 Console (depth,air,compass)
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Glacia
  • Weights: 12 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Mick Frizzelle
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     150 → 100 bar
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  • Average depth: 6m
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Species Identified

Cancer pagurus (Edible crab) Adult edible crabs take a very wide range of prey species, and are important predators of molluscs . When on sediments, these crabs dig large pits in order to find food . Females reach maturity at carapace widths of 1...
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Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 (Spiny dogfish) Said to be the most abundant living shark, the spiny dogfish is a slow, inactive swimmer and forms massive feeding aggregations of thousands of individuals. Tending to be same-sex and same-size shoals, they prey on shoals ...
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Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1766) (Compass jellyfish) Jellyfish are propelled through the water by means of pulsations of the bell. They often become washed ashore by wind and storms, where they die. This jellyfish catches its food with its tentacles, which can be extended an...
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Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) (common prawn) The common prawn is omnivorous. The sexes are separate, and breeding occurs between November and June. Fertilisation is external, and occurs as the eggs leave the female's body. The female then carries the eggs around att...
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