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  • Nº62 # Date: 2016-02-16 - 11:31
  • # Max Depth: 16.9m Duration: 46mins
Diver's Notes

The last dive of this trip. The visibility was only ok and I was cold. We saw several nurse sharks, two sea turtles, and a large cowfish. I also saw a large grouper on the sandy bottom - the same one as in dive #3?

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Dive Location

  • Surface interval:75 mins
  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good 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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  • 2. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.7m
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Species Identified

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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Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cowfish) Found in shallow water down to about 80 m, mainly in seagrass beds . Feeds on sessile invertebrates such as tunicates, gorgonians and anemones, as well as on slow-moving crustaceans, sponges , hermit crabs and marine plants . Oviparous . Considered an excellent food fish; marketed fresh .
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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