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  • Nº5 # Date: 2010-10-01 - 12:03
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 31mins
Diver's Notes

Turtles, Broadclub cuttlefish, yellow tail barracudas
Beautiful canyon
Swam in-between canyons.

Good control of bouyancy.

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  • Temp: Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     300 → 90 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Species Identified

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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Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833) (Yellowtail scad) Inhabit mangroves and coastal bays. Form schools , or singly . Pelagic . Mainly diurnal. Feed on crustaceans and cephalopods . Fast swimming in midwater in pursuit of zooplankton .
Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891) zooxanthellate
Sepia latimanus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Broadclub cuttlefish)
Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829 (Bigeye barracuda) Nocturnally active, but occurring in large schools above lagoon patch reefs and along outer reef slopes during the day . Feeds mainly on fishes, but also on penaeid shrimps and squids. Sold fresh, frozen or dried salted. Reports of ciguatera poisoning need confirmation.

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