Ksso
Portugal
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Nº81
Date: 2013-07-23 - 17:00
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Max Depth: 33.9m Duration: 49mins
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- Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 18°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Training
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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- Weights: 8 kg
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Pico Sport Azores confirmed the dive with parameters: 33.9m / 49mins
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 12L Steel 190 → ? bar
- Average depth: 22.6m
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Species Identified
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sting ray)
Found over sandy and muddy bottoms, sometimes in estuaries and near rocky reefs . Feed on bottom fishes, crustaceans and mollusks. Ovoviviparous, gestation period about 4 months and 4-7 young are produced. Wings markete...
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Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961) (Richardson's ray)
Found in deepwater on lower parts of continental slopes, on submarine rises and on deep-sea plains adjacent to both . Feeds mainly on fishes, with a small amount of shrimps . Oviparous . Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 3167.
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish)
In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) (Brown moray)
Found on shelf, on rocky coasts, rough sand, gravel, crevices, small caves and shadowed zones . Feeds on small crabs and gastropods .
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Unexpected dive as I didn't even have a swim suit on me - but it was a prerequisite to next day's princess Alice !
Nice check dive with Karla checking that I can use a buoy to exit (I can)
We met a richardson's ray and a stingray on the way and explored the depth of this spot .. And ended up swimming a lot to the port.
Also met a juvenile moray, schools of sardines and loads of parrotfishes and wrasses and scorpionfishes
Also at some point we must have exited the bay as we ended up caught in a very strong current so we swam a lot (hence the 0 bar at the end) but this was fun :)