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  • Nº141 # Date: 2013-05-21 - 10:42
  • # Max Depth: 29.9m Duration: 36mins
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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark

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  • Temp: Surf 35°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Regulator: Mares - Abyss dfc
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Safaga 5mm
  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 15L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 17m
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Species Identified

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834) (scalloped hammerhead) Forming impressively large schools, female scalloped hammerheads gather in the Gulf of California during the day, around underwater mountains known as seamounts, where they perform a wide range of poorly-understood behavio...
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Gray reef shark) Occurs on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters adjacent to them . Common on coral reefs, often in deeper areas near drop-offs to the open sea, in atoll passes, and in shallow lagoons adjacent to areas of str...
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