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  • Nº114 # Date: 2017-07-15 - 10:57
  • # Max Depth: 5.2m Duration: 32mins
Diver's Notes

Beautiful morning for a dive, calm seas, visibility up at around 6m, water temperature a lovely 15 degrees Celsius. Plenty of divers about from Oceandivers obviously completing a course as there was a big group of them.

Low tide was at 10:06 so we did well to get 5.2 depth. Plenty of life about. Reports of Lions Main last week and swimmers advised not to swim in Sandycove. There were jellyfish about but we didn't spot any Lions Main.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:5 mins
  • Temp: Surf 22°C Bottom 15°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo, Shore
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - Maverick
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Glacia
  • Other: Suunto - 2+1 Console (depth,air,compass)
  • Mask: H2O Odyssey 3 - MS8
  • Dry suit: Oceanic -
  • Computer: Suunto - Zoop
  • Camera: GoPro - Hero 4 Silver & Housing
  • Weights: 15 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     230 → 130 bar
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  • Average depth: 3.5m
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Species Identified

Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (smallmouthed wrasse)
Sagartiogeton laceratus (Dalyell, 1848)
Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) (freckled goby) In the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Teleostei; Gobiidae), a distribution-wide study showed that spatial variation at the rhodopsin gene matches the characteristics of specific light environments. This match sugg...
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Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European lobster) The common lobster is a scavenger, and uses its pincers to manipulate food items . The sexes are separate, spawning occurs once a year in summer, and after mating, the female carries the eggs on her walking legs for a...
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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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Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 (red wrasse)
Ctenolabrus rupestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Goldsinny-wrasse)

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