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  • Nº88 # Date: 2017-08-12 - 14:59
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 66mins
Diver's Notes

First dive of the holiday in Marsa Alam so had to carry out an orientation dive on the house reef.Performed a regulator and mask removal exercise before checking out the south side of the house reef.I saw several Blue Spotted Ribbon tail rays' Trigger Fish and a Crocodile fish.First dive with new dive computer which went well.Nice dive.

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  • Temp: Surf 41°C Bottom 34°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • BCD: Scubapro - X-Black
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper Novo Graphite
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti Quattro Plus
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Frameless
  • Wet suit: Scuba pro - everflex 5/4
  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     220 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.3m
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Species Identified

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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Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Crocodile fish) Lives on sand or rubble substrates of sheltered or semi-exposed reefs to a depth of at least 8 m . Well camouflaged on reefs .
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish) Occur in lagoon, seaward reefs and sheltered inner reef slopes . Juveniles often associated with isolated patches of branching coral or rubble of shallow sandy protected areas. Adults occur singly or in pairs on the slo...
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