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  • Nº59 # Date: 2016-02-13 - 09:09
  • # Max Depth: 28.4m Duration: 46mins
Diver's Notes

We did this site last time but this time we did a cool swim-through. We saw a lobster, a nurse shark, queen and grey angels, a colony of planktonic tunicates, and a large school of bar jacks as we were ascending. Orlando managed to fix my regulator so I had it back for this dive.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 25°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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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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  • Average depth: m
  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.8m
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Species Identified

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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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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Carangoides ruber (Bloch, 1793) (Bar jack) Common in clear insular areas or in coral reefs off mainland coasts . Juveniles frequent areas with algae . Usually in schools which may be spawning groups; occasionally solitary. Feeds on fishes, shrimps and other in...
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