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  • Nº46 # Date: 2016-07-22 - 10:05
  • # Max Depth: 13.1m Duration: 51mins
Diver's Notes

An excellent dive today at Nelson Bay. This is the best dive i have had to date. Great visibility today, up to 20 meters in places. So much colour showing in the corals today.

Saw massive amounts of marine life today, heaps of fish life, nice large turtle and even a dolphin.

Trudie from feet first taught me the dolphin dance, and i seemed to work on this dive :)

Dive Profile
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  • Temp: Surf 24°C Bottom 19°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Mares -
  • Computer: Mares - Puck
  • Fins: Mares -
  • Mask: Scubapro -
  • Boots:
  • Wet suit: Pinnacle - Tempo 7mm
  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     220 → 120 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.7m
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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 .
Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Brown catshark) The blind shark is a sluggish, nocturnal shark that hides in caves and under ledges during the day, and comes out at night to feed . Its diet is composed of small fishes, crabs, shrimps, cuttlefish, squid and sea anemones...
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Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish) Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals . Benthopelagic . Solitary . Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive i...
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Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839) (Maori wrasse) Found in coastal bays to offshore reefs, often in loose aggregations .
Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860) (Australian mado) A schooling species, particularly common on coastal reefs in southern New South Wales . Also commonly found under jetties in harbors and large estuaries .
Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866 (Eastern pomfred) Schools are found in coastal bays, protected island coves, deeper part of large estuaries close to the sea entrance, and along rocky drop-offs with kelp .
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 .
Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879) (Red morwong) Adults found on exposed rocky reefs down to about 30 m; juveniles on coastal reefs, amongst algae.
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (bottle-nosed dolphin) This active species engages in much energetic behaviour, including breaching , lobtailing and bow-riding . It has also been observed 'playing games' with seaweed and other objects . Dolphins are highly intelligent a...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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