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  • Nº23 # Date: 2014-12-28 - 15:00
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 55mins
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  • Temp: Surf 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     207 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.3m
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Species Identified

Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) (Barracuda)
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
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Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848) (Yellow moray) Stays in holes and crevices. Feeds mainly on crabs and fish .
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 (Loggerhead Turtle) Adults are primarily carnivorous, using their powerful jaws to crack open crustaceans such as crabs and even seemingly impenetrable molluscs such as the queen conch (Strombus gigas) and giant clam (Tridacna s...
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Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829 (Blue rainbow) This herbivorous fish uses its strong beak-like mouthparts to scrape algae and other plant matter from the surface of the coral . This maintains the health of the reef by keeping algae in check, which could otherwise overw...
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