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  • Nº139 # Date: 2021-08-20 - 17:11
  • # Max Depth: 18.4m Duration: 52mins
Diver's Notes

Reco dive to check out the Manta site prior to the night dive. Visibility was excellent. We started by a visit to the Garden Eels, then we spotted 2 moray eels, a bunch of sea cucumbers which made Georges happy, a scared Octopus (I initially saw the ink engulfing a group of divers), and the biggest nudibranch ever.
A Manta made a flyby.

After the dive during the interval, 3 monk seals stopped by scrub to the moray lines!

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Computer: Mares - Nemo Excel
  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     207 → 62 bar
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  • Average depth: 10m
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Species Identified

Monachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 (Hawaiian monk seal) Monk seals are predominately solitary although females with young may be observed near each other due to limited areas offering the preferred habitat type for pupping . Females are sexually mature at around five to six yea...
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Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall & Chess, 1980 (Hawaiian garden eel)
Japetella heathi (Berry, 1911) (Octopus)
Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Resident manta ray) This species is commonly sighted inshore, within a few kilometers of land; found around coral and rocky reefs as well as along productive coastlines with consistent upwelling, tropical island groups, atolls and bays .

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