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  • Nº55 # Date: 2016-02-08 - 09:19
  • # Max Depth: 22.4m Duration: 49mins
Diver's Notes

Nice dive - very healthy reef! I saw a queen angel, a grey angel, a green moray out of its hole, and a black grouper. We also saw a baby lizardfish.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 24°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: 4.5 kg
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Dive Profile

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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: 13.9m
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Species Identified

Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
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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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Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Lizardfish) Found on the sandy bottom around boulders or in sandy corridors in patch reefs . Uncommon near the shore.

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