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  • Nº56 # Date: 2016-02-08 - 11:19
  • # Max Depth: 16.2m Duration: 46mins
Diver's Notes

There was a nurse shark feeding on this dive which was cool! I was having problems with my octopus leaking - one of the dive guides is going to look at it. I saw a grouper, a couple of morays and a large mantis shrimp. We saw several trumpet fish.

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Dive Location

  • Surface interval:71 mins
  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Oceanic - Hera
  • Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2.1
  • Regulator: Oceanic - Delta 4
  • Weights: 3.6 kg
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  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 2. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.2m
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Species Identified

Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grouper) Adults found on rocky and coral reefs, juveniles occur in shallow turtle grass beds. Also been taken in trawls over mud bottom in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Feeds mainly on fishes and squids. Although often implicate...
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Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 (speckled snapping shrimp)
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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