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  • Nº33 # Date: 2009-07-10 - 12:26
  • # Max Depth: 30.7m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

Second dive of the day from the boat Queen Zenobia.

Descending on the middle of the boat and diving by the bridge to the front of wreck where entering the cafeteria area through door hole and exiting from window hole. Again lots of lorries and a life boat. Lots of fish!

Surface temp. +30 C. Clear weather, some wind.

Group of divemaster + 5. Total of 3 groups and lot of other divers from other centers.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Bottom 24°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Wreck
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Dive buddies: Jukka Lehtolainen
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     270 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 17.3m
  • SAC: 2.02 bar/min
  • RMV: 30.3 L/min
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Species Identified

Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Common two-banded seabream) A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks . Important food fish.
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 .
Epinephelus (Epinephelus groupers)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean chromis) Form small shoals in midwater above or near rocky reefs or above seagrass meadows (Posidonia. Feed on small planktonic or benthic animals . Reproduce in summer . Eggs characterised by adhesive filaments are nested on rocky or sandy bottoms . Males guard the eggs .
Sphyraena (barracudas)
Mullus (mullets)

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