Petri Hirvonen
Cyprus
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Nº66
Date: 2013-06-24 - 08:58
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Max Depth: 13.9m Duration: 52mins
Dive Location
- Temp: Surf 35°C Bottom 21°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Photo
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- Camera: Canon - G9 + WP-DC21
- Wet suit: - 2-piece
- Boots: Mares - 6.5mm
- Computer: Mares - Puck Pro
- Fins: Mares - Avanti X3 Open Heel (Yellow, size R)
- Mask: Mares - X-Vision (Yellow/Clear)
- Other: Mares - Hydrex Snorkel (Yellow)
- Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 12L Steel 220 → 20 bar
- Average depth: 7m
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Species Identified
Apogon lativittatus Randall, 2001 (cardinalfishes)
Secretive species found in areas with rocky bottom along exposed shores .
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (Brain coral)
zooxanthellate
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 .
Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saddled seabream)
Gregarious, forms aggregations over rocky bottoms or seagrass beds . Omnivorous but feeds mainly on small invertebrates . Important food fish.
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.
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse)
Occurs in the littoral zone, near rocks and eelgrass beds. Usually found between 1-60 m, but old males stay in deeper water. Found in deeper waters during winter. Sometimes solitary, among rocks, often with numerous spe...
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White River Beach is a beach where water runs "white" from the mountains during winter time. Located on the way to Lara Bay, 8 km closer to Paphos.
Lot of small caverns and swim-throughs. Not a lot of marine life.
A bit rough waves on the shore when coming back from the dive.
First dive with my new Mares Puck Pro computer, didn't notice before the dive that the settings were on 35% nitrox.
Later found out that at the same time it was the last dive for my Mares Hydrex-J snorkel, since the bottom part of it fell off somewhere during the dive.