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  • Nº3 # Date: 2013-11-11 - 09:25
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 41mins
Diver's Notes

Open |Water training dive #3

Saw: long-finned batfish, school of moorish idols, blue-spotted stingray, regal angelfish

Skills:
Surface compass navigation
Reciprocal compass navigation under water
CESA
BCD removal anbd replacement at surface

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  • Temp: Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • Submariner Diving Center confirmed the dive with parameters: 18m / 41mins
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Species Identified

Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) (Bluebanded angelfish) Occurs in coral rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 48 m or more. Often found in the vicinity of caves and feeds on sponges and tunicates. Solitary or in pairs, or in groups. Frequently exported through the aquarium trade . Rarely survives in the aquarium.
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (Orbicular batfish) Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks . Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly ...
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Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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