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  • Nº84 # Date: 2016-03-28 - 12:16
  • # Max Depth: 17.8m Duration: 47mins
Diver's Notes

Second dive with Alex Salas and his daughter Bella of Alex's Adventures. Susa was the boat captain.

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Cylinder: - 100CF
  • BCD: Zeagle - Ranger LTD
  • Camera: GoPro - 4 Black
  • Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2
  • Computer: Tabata / Tusa - iQx910
  • Fins: Scubapro - Twinjet
  • Other: Nautilus - Lifeline
  • Regulator: Oceanic - ZEO
  • Regulator: Zeagle - OctoZ
  • Wet suit: Henderson - 3mm Hyperstretch Titanium
  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Aluminium     203 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.3m
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Species Identified

Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868) (bicolor damselfish) Inhabits shallow coral reefs and isolated patch reefs in deeper water. Feeds primarily on algae but also on polychaetes, hydroids, copepods and ascidians . Aggressively territorial but only around a small area . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .
Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) (yellow demoiselle) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Adults feed mainly on benthic algae but also on sponges, ascidians and anemones while juvenile feed on invertebrates like harpacticoid copepods and nemerteans . Often solitary ....
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Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (honeycomb cowfish) Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary . Consumed fresh, generally roasted .
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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Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) (Common conger) A benthic and solitary species abundant in shallow rocky and grassy areas and on coral reefs; less common in turbid bays or harbors. Its bite is very dangerous . Active during the day, sometimes together with other pred...
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Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dark green parrotfish) Inhabits coral reefs with clear water . Young may be found in seagrass beds and other heavily vegetated bottoms. Feeds mainly on soft algae, but has been observed to graze on live corals like, Montastraea annularis . Pr...
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Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Eagle ray) Inhabits inshore waters . Often found in brackish waters . Ovoviviparous . Caught occasionally by bottom trawl and inshore demersal gillnet fisheries off Jakarta. Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its rarity and small size .

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