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  • Nº26 # Date: 2019-08-27 - 19:33
  • # Max Depth: 6m Duration: 32mins
Diver's Notes

Had been very calm and clear conditions for a week. Visibility was not bad considering the site. The current was strong enough to drift us off our course. Large amount of fish life, bass, flatties, mackerel, whiting, crabs including hermit crabs. Sun sets behind the hotels so gets dark fast.
The pier follows a NW/ SE line and the current flows to the NE.
Final Dive with my neoprene drysuit.

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  • Temp: Surf 22°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 11 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     240 → 105 bar
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  • Average depth: 4m
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Species Identified

Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) (European seabass)
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 (atlantic mackerel) Adult Atlantic mackerels form schools close to the surface; they have to swim constantly as they 'breathe' by a method known as ram ventilation, which requires a constant flow of water across the gill surfaces . They ...
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Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 (European plaice) European plaice are active mainly at night, when they feed on molluscs and polychaete worms , which are crushed with the strong jaws . During the day they tend to lie hidden, often partially buried in the sediment . ...
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Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common sole)
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) (brown shrimp) The common shrimp feeds on a range of worms, molluscs and crustaceans. The sexes are thought to be separate, and the timing of breeding varies around the country . After mating, the female carries the eggs for 3-4 weeks in...
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Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab) Eats on dead organic material. A long foreplay, to ensure the baring of the abdomen was not vain. The mating only lasts less than a minute.
Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761) (Common spider crab)
Cancer pagurus (Edible crab) Adult edible crabs take a very wide range of prey species, and are important predators of molluscs . When on sediments, these crabs dig large pits in order to find food . Females reach maturity at carapace widths of 1...
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Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Whiting) The fish matures at between three and four years of age, and spawning takes place at a depth of 20 to150m. The time of the spawning varies from location to location: from January to spring in the Mediterranean; from Januar...
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Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Whiting pout)
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European sprat)

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