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  • Nº58 # Date: 2009-03-18 - 10:42
  • # Max Depth: 21.3m Duration: 42mins
Diver's Notes

Same site as previous night dive. More of a wall than a reef. Lots of small fish incl. (I think!) painted combers, schools of picarel & bogue (Latin name Boops Boops!!), rainbow wrasse, blenny, fire worms, violet sea urchins, rock/scorpion fish & a lone barracuda. Not long from surfacing I spotted a really big octopus hiding in a hole - he was NOT coming out, despite a lot of coaxing!! Firmly entrenched... Dived with Beth & Ross again, and 5 or 6 others.

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  • Temp: Surf 16°C Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Weights: 13 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 120 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.2m
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Species Identified

Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Picarel) Depth range from 15-170 m but up to depth of 328 m in the eastern Ionian Sea . Inhabit Posidonia beds and muddy bottoms. Occur in schools except during breeding .
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bogue) Found on the shelf or coastal pelagic on various bottoms . Gregarious, ascending to the surface mainly at night. Omnivorous, feeding mainly on crustaceans, also planktophagous. Hermaphroditic, generally protogynous. Al...
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Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse) Occurs in the littoral zone, near rocks and eelgrass beds. Usually found between 1-60 m, but old males stay in deeper water. Found in deeper waters during winter. Sometimes solitary, among rocks, often with numerous spe...
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Paraclinus mexicanus (Gilbert, 1904) (Blenny)
Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (bearded fireworm)
Sphyraena lucasana Gill, 1863 (Barracuda)
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .

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