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  • Nº55 # Date: 2012-06-18 - 10:48
  • # Max Depth: 12.7m Duration: 57mins
Diver's Notes

Smallish sunk boat, amazing coral garder all around the place with a nice ray (electric ?) plenty shrimps, one huge lobster and plenty garden eels.
The dive ended up in a swim through the main cabin and out up the upper deck

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Computer: Mares - Nemo Excel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • Gri Gri Divers confirmed the dive with parameters: 12.7m / 57mins
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.2m
  • SAC: 1.24 bar/min
  • RMV: 14.88 L/min
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Species Identified

Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831) (Brazilian electric ray) Inhabits coastal waters, on sand or mud bottoms . Common along sandy shorelines, sometimes near coral reefs . Buries itself with only eyes protruding . Nocturnal, moves to shallow bays at night to feed; prefers worms, b...
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Sargocentron coruscum (Poey, 1860) (reef squirrelfish) Inhabit sandy, rocky and coral bottoms . More common on seaward reefs than on protected reefs. Retreat into recesses when alarmed . Nocturnal . Secretive, found deep in crevices between branches of live corals . Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae .
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dark green parrotfish) Inhabits coral reefs with clear water . Young may be found in seagrass beds and other heavily vegetated bottoms. Feeds mainly on soft algae, but has been observed to graze on live corals like, Montastraea annularis . Pr...
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Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 (Caribbean trumpetfish) Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips . A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swi...
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Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) (Nassau grouper) Adults are generally solitary, with the exception of spawning events when hundreds to thousands of individuals were known to group together. In the southern extent of the grouper's range, these awesome aggregations occurre...
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Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 (brown garden eel) Found on sandy bottom, living in colonies . Feed on plankton and detritus . They retreat into burrow when frightened . Probably spawn during warm season . Larval life spans 6-8 months .

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