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  • Nº36 # Date: 2016-04-25 - 10:37
  • # Max Depth: 17.1m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Social dive with Darren, Brett, Allison, Aidan and Trudi from feet first at Nelson Bay. Dive at fly point. Tons of marine life as per usual. Saw blind shark, wobbie's , heaps of nudi's. cuttlefish, massive snapper.

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  • Temp: Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Mares -
  • Computer: Mares - Puck
  • Fins: Mares -
  • Mask: Scubapro -
  • Boots:
  • Wet suit: neptune - 5mm
  • Weights: 9 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.4m
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Species Identified

Trachurus novaezelandiae Richardson, 1843 (Yellowtail horse mackerel) Occur in coastal waters, including estuaries , mostly in waters shallower than 150 m and warmer than 13°C . Commonly found on the bottom, in midwater and occasionally at the surface , in large schools . Adults are genera...
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Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) (Wrasse) Found in coastal rocky areas at depths to about 40 m . Max. length for female species . Protogynous hermaphrodite .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Sepia apama Gray, 1849 (Australian giant cuttlefish)
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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Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879) (Red morwong) Adults found on exposed rocky reefs down to about 30 m; juveniles on coastal reefs, amongst algae.

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