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  • Nº3 # Date: 2011-03-05 - 09:00
  • # Max Depth: 6.9m Duration: 43mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Wet suit: Mares - 7mm
  • Weights: 8.1 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 11L Aluminium     200 → 90 bar
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  • Average depth: 4.6m
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Species Identified

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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Sepia apama Gray, 1849 (Australian giant cuttlefish)
Trygonoptera testacea Müller and Henle, 1841 (stingaree) Found in sandy beaches and reefs but also well offshore. May venture well upstream in estuaries . Feeds on worms, crustaceans, bony fishes, and other stingarees .
Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 (cliff flathead) Inhabit coastal waters from shallow bays and inlets to depths of about 100 m over sand, shell grit and mud substrates . Sand flathead are usually solitary but may form loose aggregations . They sometimes move long distan...
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Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) (Short-tail stingray) Occurs offshore, on the outer shelf and uppermost slope; sometimes close inshore , in very shallow depths . Found on sandy bottoms, in bays, harbors, and near rocky reefs . Often in aggregations . Feeds on fishes, biva...
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Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885 (Octopus)
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.
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 .

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