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  • Nº53 # Date: 2013-05-26 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 44mins
Diver's Notes

One lady had recurring difficulty on this dive and slowed us all down. Current was strong so that made things challenging. Several large turtles. 2 good size yellow mouth eels. white mouth giant moray eel. Crown-of-thorns starfish - destroys reef. Giant octopus - played with it. scrambled egg nudibranch.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 88°C Bottom 80°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - shorty
  • Weights: 6.8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 80L Aluminium     207 → 83 bar
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  • Average depth: 8m
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Species Identified

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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Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867) (Yellow-mouth eel) Mainly in oceanic locations ; inhabits inner and outer reef slopes . Benthic . Mucus is toxic .
Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier 1804 (Ocellated nudibranch)
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (crown-of-thorns starfish)
Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) (Giant pacific octopus)

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