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  • Nº66 # Date: 2016-07-08 - 10:25
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 36mins
Diver's Notes

First dive for 8 months and the first dive on our Australian adventure.Tested for the first time, my new BCD which was excellent.Swam out from the beach with less than a metre vis.Group surfaced as we lost each other immediately and my mask kept fogging up.Getting pretty fed up with the dive before we swam further out and the vis went up to around 2 metres.I ended up losing everybody and was performing my 60 second search before my ascent when I hovered over a sandy patch where 5 large (2 metre) Port Jackson Sharks where resting.Awesome.Hung around watching them for a while wishing I had a camera before encountering two different species of Wobbegong Sharks which made the whole dive excellent after a ropey beginning.

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  • Surface interval:63 mins
  • Temp: Surf 19°C Bottom 19°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper Air
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti Quattro Plus
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Frameless
  • Wet suit: Scuba pro - everflex 5/4
  • BCD: Scubapro - X-Black
  • Weights: 7 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Species Identified

Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) (Port Jackson shark) A common shark of the continental shelves , from close inshore at the intertidal zone to 275 m . Segregates by sex and maturity stage . Nocturnal, hides in caves and rocky gullies during the day . Feeds on benthic inver...
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Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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