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  • Nº35 # Date: 2015-04-06 - 09:30
  • # Max Depth: 22.8m Duration: 58mins
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  • Temp: Surf 22°C Bottom 21°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
  • Knife: Seak -
  • Weights: 9 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     208 → 58 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Paraplesiops bleekeri (Günther, 1861) (Eastern blue devil) Benthic species which occurs inshore .
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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Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Five finger) Adults inhabit upper edge of outer reef slopes and inshore rocky reefs. Juveniles associated with drifting seaweed . Benthopelagic . Feed on zooplankton, benthic algae, and small invertebrates . Often in aggregations ...
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Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804) (common sea dragon) These fish are slow-moving and rely on their camouflage as protection against predation; they drift in the water and with the leaf-like appendages resemble the swaying seaweed of their habitat . Individuals are observed ei...
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Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802) (Whitesaddle goatfish) Occurs in seagrass beds and coralline areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, mostly crustaceans, at night.
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 .
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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Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Blue-striped mullet) Inhabits sheltered bays and harbors , on sand and rocky substrates . Form schools . Preys mainly on small crustaceans .
Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) (Western blue groper) Occurs on the continental shelf . Inhabits rocky areas and feeds on small crabs, fish, mollusks and starfish .
Chromodoris fidelis (Nudibranch)
Tosia australis Gray, 1840

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