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  • Nº15 # Date: 2013-09-08 - 10:35
  • # Max Depth: 13.4m Duration: 38mins
Diver's Notes

Upon entry we were surrounded by a massive school of yellowback fusiliers. Beautiful coral reefs, saw a group of four black tipped sharks an absolutely amazing and breathtaking sight. A green turtle was nibbling on corals. One cuttlefish, one bi bat fish roaming the reef

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  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 12L Steel     220 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.9m
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Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Black-tip shark) The fast-swimming blacktip shark is an active fish that can be seen leaping out of the water and spinning before dropping back into the sea . This agile spinning behaviour is thought to be used while feeding on small scho...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (Tiera batfish) Large adults live in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore. Commonly found around shipwrecks in small groups and occasionally forms large schools. Small juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations as they find ...
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Common cuttlefish) Cuttlefish swim using the fin that passes around the body. They can also rapidly expel water and move quickly by 'jet-propulsion' . Like all cephalopods, the common cuttlefish is an active predator, feeding on molluscs, yo...
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Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830 (Striped fusilier) Inhabits coastal areas, primarily around coral reefs. Forms aggregations in midwater and feeds on zooplankton. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs .

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