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  • Nº53 # Date: 2015-12-18 - 10:21
  • # Max Depth: 20.6m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

This dive was spent looking for bull sharks. My BCD wasn't working right - it kept filling up with air uncontrollably - so I had to unhook it from the air and inflate by mouth. We saw a few bull sharks, som small eels (brown garden eel) looking out from the sand, a cow fish, a spotted file fish, sand dollars, and a small crab (blotched swimming crab?) burried under the sand. There were also a lot of rosy razorfish that would go into the sand when I got too close. Our guide killed all the lionfish we saw along the way (3 or 4). There were a lot of conch trails in the sand.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Oceanic - Hera
  • Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2.1
  • Regulator: Oceanic - Delta 4
  • Regulator: Oceanic - Alpha 8
  • Weights: 5.4 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: 16.2m
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Species Identified

Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Bullshark) The biology of the bull shark is still little known but it shows extraordinary physiological adaptations that allow it to persist in both freshwater and saltwater. Bull sharks have been captured in places you would never ...
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Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852 (Seagrass eel) Inhabits sandy areas and seagrass beds, usually bathed by clear, oceanic waters. Feeds on small fish and invertebrates .
Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818) (speckled swimming crab)
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 .
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)

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