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  • Nº37 # Date: 2015-04-25 - 09:19
  • # Max Depth: 17.5m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Long Reef, some grey nurse sharks again very close :) Great swim throughs.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Boots: Adrenalin - 5mm
  • Mask: Tabata / Tusa - Ceos Pro
  • BCD: Aqualung - PRO HD
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Core
  • Computer: Suunto - D4i Novo
  • Other: Mares - Mission 2C SPG
  • Fins: Mirage - Phantom
  • Weights: 12 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     216 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.2m
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Species Identified

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) The sand tiger shark is one of the best-studied of the shark species. They are the only sharks known to gulp air at the surface and store it in their stomach to provide buoyancy . These sharks generally mate between Octobe...
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Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790) (Bastard dory) Juveniles live in estuaries while adults occur in estuaries and on inshore and offshore rocky reefs and seagrass beds . Found either in large schools, in pairs or as solitary individuals . Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present .
Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833) (Yellowtail scad) Inhabit mangroves and coastal bays. Form schools , or singly . Pelagic . Mainly diurnal. Feed on crustaceans and cephalopods . Fast swimming in midwater in pursuit of zooplankton .
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Natal sergeant) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral or rocky reefs. Also in shallow coastal reef flats or crests, usually where lots of tall soft corals or hydroid colonies are present . Feeds on zooplankton and algae and aggregates high in the water column .
Sepia apama Gray, 1849 (Australian giant cuttlefish)
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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Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) (Western blue groper) Occurs on the continental shelf . Inhabits rocky areas and feeds on small crabs, fish, mollusks and starfish .

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