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  • Nº41 # Date: 2006-08-11 - 18:22
  • # Max Depth: 8m Duration: 28mins
Diver's Notes

Tide out! Bad move... Loads of rocks and seaweed to get through before getting to deep water. Big swell up also with rain showers and it was quite dull and dark.

The vis was crap at 2m but it was still a great dive.

My mask kept flooding, must check it out.

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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     220 → 170 bar
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  • Average depth: 5.3m
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Species Identified

Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lesser-spotted catshark)
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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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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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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