Michael Colligon
Mexico
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Nº86
Date: 2016-03-29 - 13:12
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Max Depth: 18m Duration: 47mins
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- Temp: Surf 31°C Bottom 27°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Spearfishing
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- BCD: Zeagle - Ranger LTD
- Camera: GoPro - 4 Black
- Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2
- Computer: Tabata / Tusa - iQx910
- Regulator: Oceanic - ZEO
- Regulator: Zeagle - OctoZ
- Wet suit: Henderson - 3mm Hyperstretch Titanium
- Weights: 5.4 kg
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- 1. Nitrox 31
- 12L Steel 205 → 35 bar
- Average depth: 12.9m
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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 .
Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862 (Damselfish)
Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 (Loggerhead Turtle)
Adults are primarily carnivorous, using their powerful jaws to crack open crustaceans such as crabs and even seemingly impenetrable molluscs such as the queen conch (Strombus gigas) and giant clam (Tridacna s...
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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823) (French grunt)
Occurs in large schools on rocky and coral reefs, often under ledges or close to elkhorn coral . Juveniles abundant in near-shore seagrass beds . Feeds mainly on small crustaceans . Marketed fresh .
Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802) (Coney)
Inhabit Thalassia beds and coral reefs. In the Gulf of Mexico, they are found on rocky reef ledge in depths greater than 27 m. Solitary and secretive, they usually stay near hiding places during the day. Prefer to rema...
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Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grouper)
Adults found on rocky and coral reefs, juveniles occur in shallow turtle grass beds. Also been taken in trawls over mud bottom in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Feeds mainly on fishes and squids. Although often implicate...
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Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) (painted wrasse)
Inhabits coral reefs, normally high above the bottom. Swims with worm-like movements. Feeds on various invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite . Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size .
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2nd dive of the day with Alex Adventures Cozumel. Alex Salas is a good guide.
San Juan reef
is usually done as a second dive after Barracuda or Cantarel.
Depth 40-60'. You can go deeper than this towards the drop off.
Experience level. Expert, due to strong currents and danger of being lost at sea. Located on the north end of the island, this reef area can be dangerous to dive if current is running fast. There are few other boats there, if any. However, if the weather is good and the sea is calm, this is a very nice dive and can be done safely.
Expect to descend, dive, and ascend as a group.
The coral here is generally low profile, dominated by huge beautiful fields of finger coral which houses thousands of Damselfish, and red seaweed, and strangely shaped barrel sponges. There are also nice patches of lettuce coral. There are a few ledges and overhangs with French Grunts and Schoolmasters under them, but are smaller than the ones in the Cedral reef area.
On any reef in Cozumel you can see any fish or animal at a given time. Below is a general guide.