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  • Nº31 # Date: 2009-07-02 - 12:50
  • # Max Depth: 19.1m Duration: 32mins
Diver's Notes

Name of the site comes from amphitheatre-like natural formation on land. Wall bottom on max. aprox. 20m and top on aprox. 10m. One swim-through on dive route. Lots of sea grass. Large schools of Damselfish. One striped Grouper.

Air temperature aprox. 30 C. Clear weather.

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 21°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Cavern
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     210 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.2m
  • SAC: 2.16 bar/min
  • RMV: 25.92 L/min
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Species Identified

Pomacentridae (damselfishes)
Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
Mullus (mullets)
Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
Echinoidea (heart urchins)
Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801) (Jackass morwong) Adults demersal on the continental shelf and upper slope to depths of 450 m . Juveniles tend to live near shallow reefs . Postlarvae inhabit offshore waters and are found in surface waters at night . Average weight is ...
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Epinephelus latifasciatus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842) (Laterally-banded grouper) Seems to prefer continental localities; bottoms of low relief. Large individuals are taken on coarse sand or rocky areas, while the smaller ones live on silty-sand and muddy bottom. Also caught throughout the year by long-liners .

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