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  • Nº11 # Date: 2013-04-22 - 09:20
  • # Max Depth: 29.9m Duration: 39mins
Diver's Notes

Jackson's Bar has fantastic fish life..
saw Blue spotted sting rays and lots of schools

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     220 → 90 bar
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  • Average depth: 19.9m
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Species Identified

Himantura gerrardi (Gray, 1851) (Sharpnose stingray) Likely confined to the inner continental shelf , over sandy and mud bottoms . Recorded from coastal waters and river mouths . Feeds on bottom crustaceans including shrimp, crabs and small lobsters . Ovoviviparous . Imp...
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Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829 (Pickhandle barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoon or seaward reefs ; also in bays, estuaries and turbid inner lagoons . Diurnal and solitary, although the young form schools. Feeds mainly on fishes but also takes squid. Sold fr...
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Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Harlequin filefish) Occurs in clear lagoon and seaward reefs from 0.5 to at least 30 m. Found in pairs or small groups and nests near bases of dead corals, often on clumps of algae. Monogamous . Feeds exclusively on Acropora polyps. Feeding takes place throughout the day becoming less towards the evening .

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