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  • Nº54 # Date: 2013-05-28 - 09:00
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 52mins
Diver's Notes

Very cool dive. Saw big octopus. lots of different nudibranch. big turtle in the cathedral - played with it briefly. big school of yellow angel fish. swam through the blow hole - trippy. very fun.

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - shorty
  • Weights: 6.8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     214 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.3m
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Species Identified

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (common octopus) Like all cephalopods, the common octopus is an intelligent active predator . They have modified salivary glands that produce venom used to incapacitate prey. It is often easy to identify what a common octopus has been feed...
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Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck 1801 (Varicose nudibranch)
Chromodoris lochi Rudman, 1982 (loch's chromodoris)
Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869 (Lumpy nudibranch)
Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier 1804 (Ocellated nudibranch)
Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853) (Yellowface angelfish) Found in coral rich areas of lagoons, channels, and outer reef slopes. Often near caves . Juveniles settle in very shallow inshore caves with algae growth . Usually solitary. Feeds on sponges and other encrusting organ...
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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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