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  • Nº8 # Date: 2014-01-15 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 40mins
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Fun dive in Milford Sound

- black corral trees
- swam with dolphins

Equipment: 7mm wetsuit

Description:
A tannin-stained freshwater layer that sits on top of the salt water blocks out some light, which creates a unique habitat for deep water species to live in shallow depths.

Black coral trees normally inhabit water deeper than 100 metres, where in Milford Sound they grow as shallow as 10 metres. Fiordland is home to the highest concentration of black coral in the world.

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  • Temp: Surf 15°C Bottom 11°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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Species Identified

Stauropathes staurocrada Opresko, 2002 (black corals)

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