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  • Nº59 # Date: 2015-07-21 - 12:33
  • # Max Depth: 21m Duration: 56mins
Diver's Notes

Back to Jackson Reef which was good vis and full of life.Sightings included a huge Grouper,a Napoleon Wrasse,Two large sleeping Puffer fish,Lionfish,a Moray Eel,4 Travally's,orange Anthias,Fire Coral and Brain Coral.Primarily a wall dive but moved up onto a shallow sand bar for the safety stop.

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  • Surface interval:58 mins
  • Temp: Surf 36°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Reef
  • Visibility: Good 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
  • Weights: 7 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Grouper) Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). ...
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Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Humphead wrasse) Humphead wrasses are extremely long-lived, known to survive for at least 30 years, and taking around five to seven years to reach sexual maturity . Adults are usually solitary, spending the day roaming the reef and returni...
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Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel) Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (underjaw kingfish) Occur in bays and coastal waters, including estuaries . Juveniles usually inhabit estuaries, bays and shallow continental shelf waters, while adults form schools near the sea bed on the continental shelf . Schools are fo...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (fire coral) colonial, calcareous skeleton
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) (boulder brain coral) zooxanthellate

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