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  • Nº418 # Date: 2012-06-17 - 11:13
  • # Max Depth: 59m Duration: 52mins
Diver's Notes

Unplanned Technical dive, too cold at 60m.
but very warm at the safety stop (8m). we have seen lot of rays, a huge school was paying at 10-12m.
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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: m
  • 2. Nitrox 80
  • 7L Steel     50 → 5 bar
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  • Average depth: 0m
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Species Identified

Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common eagle ray) Found in shallow lagoons , bays and estuaries; also offshore down to at least 95 m . Often found in groups . Feeds on benthic crustaceans, mollusks and fish. Ovoviviparous . Gestation period of 6-8 months, the females ...
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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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Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel) Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.

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