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  • Nº90 # Date: 2013-12-02 - 10:09
  • # Max Depth: 21.4m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

this was our first dive for the day. after this dive we were flagged down to recover a kayak fisherman who was dead after a shark attack

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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5.9 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.
Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) (Pyramid butterflyfish) Occur in large schools that may extend several meters above the edges of steep current-swept outer reef slopes. Common . Benthopelagic . Feed on plankton . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923 (Yellow teardrop butterflyfish) Habitat ranges from coral reef flats to deep slopes . Adults usually in pairs, sometimes forming small groups . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 (Teardrop butterflyfish)
Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 (Ornate butterflyfish) Occur in clear waters and coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. However, only common in seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Juveniles are solitary, living among branching corals, while adults are almost always in pa...
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Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (dahlia) Found in areas of mixed coral, sand and rubble of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on mollusks, crabs, and hermit crabs, and occasionally on tunicates and forams .

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