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  • Nº38 # Date: 2010-06-22 - 09:05
  • # Max Depth: 27.9m Duration: 37mins
Diver's Notes

Beautiful calm morning in Latchi! On a boat from harbour to St. George Island. First dive along The Wall from 10m all the way down to 30m and up again.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Cavern, Wall
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: full-body - 2-piece
  • Boots: Mares - 6.5mm
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti X3 Open Heel (Yellow, size R)
  • Mask: Mares - X-Vision (Yellow/Clear)
  • Other: Mares - Hydrex Snorkel (Yellow)
  • Computer: Mares - Puck
  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Gary
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 13m
  • SAC: 1.65 bar/min
  • RMV: 19.8 L/min
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Species Identified

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 .
Mullidae (goat fishes)
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 .
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) (Redcoat) Found in coastal reefs ; silty reefs or wrecks in lagoons, bays, or harbors , may occur in aggregations; also found hidden in caves and cracks of rocks during the day , usually in areas subject to strong currents . Feed m...
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Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (bearded fireworm)
Arbacia
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (tubeworm)

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