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  • Nº21 # Date: 2014-03-14 - 11:30
  • # Max Depth: 8.6m Duration: 59mins
Diver's Notes

Beautiful reef with the most life of all the Key Largo dives. A lot of large parrot fish, a balloon puffer fish, a scorpion fish, a huge trumpet fish and a baby one, a moray eel, as well as a lot of all the normal reef fish. There was a lot of elkhorn coral which I hadn't see too much of before.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:32 mins
  • Temp: Bottom 19°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - 5mm Full
  • BCD: Oceanic - Hera
  • Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2.1
  • Regulator: Oceanic - Delta 4
  • Weights: 7.3 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: 6m
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Species Identified

Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-spine porcupinefish)
Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Large-scaled scorpion fish) Solitary and sedentary over rocky, sandy or muddy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and mollusks .
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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Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Moray) Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans, sometimes leaving the water in pursuit of prey . Benthic . Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species . Caught with various nets .

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