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  • Nº40 # Date: 2012-01-14 - 08:10
  • # Max Depth: 14m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

Gordon's Bay Trail Diver course - dive 1
* Identify five marine species
* navigate three drums
* shackle broken trail chain
* remove growth from marker bouys

We decided to abandon dive 2 due to incoming tide and heavy swell which would make using lift bag to repair chains very difficult and potentially dangerous.

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  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 21°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: Cressi Sub - Contra
  • Mask: Cressi Sub -
  • Boots: Cressi Sub -
  • Fins: Oceanic - Viper
  • Weights: 9.5 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     210 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.3m
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Species Identified

Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) (Wrasse) Found in coastal rocky areas at depths to about 40 m . Max. length for female species . Protogynous hermaphrodite .
Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) (Long-finned pike) A schooling species found in bays over rocky reefs .
Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839) (Maori wrasse) Found in coastal bays to offshore reefs, often in loose aggregations .
Pseudione murawaiensis Page, 1985
Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879) (Red morwong) Adults found on exposed rocky reefs down to about 30 m; juveniles on coastal reefs, amongst algae.
Parupeneus signatus (Günther, 1867) (Black-spot goatfish) Inhabits coastal reefs and estuaries . Juveniles found in small schools; adults singly or in small aggregations .
Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) (Dewfish) Adults inhabit slow moving streams, lakes and ponds with fringing vegetation. They swim close to sand or gravel bottoms. More abundant in lakes than in flowing water . Usually solitary but juveniles sometimes form loose...
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Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842 (Red rock cod) Inhabits rocks, crevices and caverns at all depths. Occasionally found in large rock pools in the lower littoral zone. Is nocturnally active and feeds mainly on small mobile benthic animals. Stalks its prey and swallows it whole .

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