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  • Nº62 # Date: 2012-06-27 - 10:21
  • # Max Depth: 8.2m Duration: 17mins
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We dove straight after St George to go check out the seahorses - bad news when we reached their place I started having itches/tickles in the side of the neck (?). Since previous dive was deep I said we cancel and made a 10min 5m deco stop...
Most probably it's a jellyfish sting but... who knows...
Still haven't seen those sea horses :/

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  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Computer: Mares - Nemo Excel
  • Weights: 0 kg
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  • Gri Gri Divers confirmed the dive with parameters: 8.2m / 17mins
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  • 12L Aluminium     100 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 5.2m
  • SAC: 1.55 bar/min
  • RMV: 18.6 L/min
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Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (honeycomb cowfish) Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary . Consumed fresh, generally roasted .
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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Stegastes diencaeus (Jordan and Rutter, 1897) (Honey damselfish) Inhabits coral and rocky reefs of sheltered lagoons and inshore areas. Territorial and pugnacious . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .

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