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  • Nº141 # Date: 2013-05-23 - 19:12
  • # Max Depth: 14.3m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

El Quseir - Mangrove Bay - NIGHT

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Regulator: Mares - Abyss dfc
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Safaga 5mm
  • Weights: 6 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 15L Steel     220 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.5m
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Species Identified

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) (Harlequin snake-eel) Adults occur in shallow sandy flats and seagrass beds . Benthic . Commonly seen hunting during the day .
Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan and Fowler, 1902) (Samurai squirrelfish) Occurs in outer reef slopes. A nocturnal species that feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps. Spine of preopercle venomous.

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