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  • Nº14 # Date: 2011-05-24 - 13:38
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 45mins
Diver's Notes

Dive 1/2
+Canon G9

Had difficulty descending - initial descent very slow. Too little weight?

Pressure groups estimated by assuming max depth for entire duration. Not very satisfactory as this means we are operating at the limit of the table

Also saw:
Puffer Fish
Morays
Squirrelfish

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - 3mm Shortie
  • Camera: Canon - G9 + WP-DC21
  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Steel     207 → 69 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.3m
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Species Identified

Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Puffer) Abundant in all inshore habitats where there is adequate cover, such as seagrass beds and reef flats. Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms . Generally common . Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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