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  • Nº59 # Date: 2012-05-30 - 13:20
  • # Max Depth: 23.5m Duration: 46mins
Diver's Notes

Regular La Bajita dive. The only remarkable event is that I didn't keep an eye on the no-deco time and around min 37, the computer asked for a deco stop!

I should learn a lesson here... I tend to check it only when I go down to 30 or so :-/

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  • Temp: Surf 24°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper
  • Wet suit: Cressi Sub - Ice
  • Regulator: Scubapro - Mk25/S600
  • Weights: 6 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     180 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.2m
  • SAC: 1.12 bar/min
  • RMV: 13.44 L/min
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Species Identified

Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) (Brown moray) Found on shelf, on rocky coasts, rough sand, gravel, crevices, small caves and shadowed zones . Feeds on small crabs and gastropods .
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sting ray) Found over sandy and muddy bottoms, sometimes in estuaries and near rocky reefs . Feed on bottom fishes, crustaceans and mollusks. Ovoviviparous, gestation period about 4 months and 4-7 young are produced. Wings markete...
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Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) (sharpnose puffer) Inhabits reefs and marginal habitats such as seagrass beds . Diet consists of seagrass, sponges, crabs and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, sea urchins, starfishes, hydroids and algae . Monogamous .
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White seabream)
Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic lizardfish) Primarily in insular waters , on sand and sand-rock bottoms . Feeds mainly on other fishes, but may also prey on other animals .

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