John
United States
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Nº120
Date: 2012-09-04 - 19:24
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Max Depth: 10.6m Duration: 50mins
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- Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 25°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Reef, Manta Ray
- Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- Weights: 5 kg
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Dive with Jonathan from Big Island Divers
Dive buddies:
Paul Myrick,
Aaron Carreras,
Casey Thompson Carreras,
Jennifer Augustine Lento
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 10L Aluminium 201 → 72 bar
- Average depth: 9.8m
- SAC: 1.3 bar/min
- RMV: 12.48 L/min
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Species Identified
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) (Giant manta)
Manta rays are generally solitary, although loose aggregations of individuals may occur where there are abundant food sources or during the breeding season. When ready to mate, a male will bite his mate's pectoral fin to p...
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Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel)
Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.
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The manta ray dive! Same location as garden eel cove but named different at night. There were so many people and lights that at night the whole underwater was lit up. Eighteen (18) manta rays showed up this night. Plankton is attracted to the lights and the manta rays eat the plankton. So they would barrel roll and swim by the lights to feed. Incredible experience. Although the position I needed to be in was uncomfortable. PJ has good go pro footage. Frank the eel was also hanging out sitting with us.