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  • Nº60 # Date: 2016-02-13 - 10:50
  • # Max Depth: 20.6m Duration: 47mins
Diver's Notes

We saw some queen angels and a lobster. There was a nurse shark following us throughout the dive. When we came across a sea turtle, the nurse shark rammed into it. A nice healthy reef.

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Dive Location

  • Surface interval:55 mins
  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 21°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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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: m
  • 2. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.7m
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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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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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