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  • Nº10 # Date: 2012-12-23 - 07:53
  • # Max Depth: 27.1m Duration: 27mins
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Too many waves.. I was dizziness and vomiting :(

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  • Temp: Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Deep dive, Reef, Recreational, Deep Dive
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • BCD: Oceanic -
  • Regulator: Oceanic -
  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 60L Aluminium     207 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 18.1m
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Species Identified

Sebastes constellatus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (starry rockfish) Adults usually found on deep reefs . Viviparous, with planktonic larvae and pelagic juveniles . Occasionally captured by sport fishers .
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) (painted wrasse) Inhabits coral reefs, normally high above the bottom. Swims with worm-like movements. Feeds on various invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite . Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size .
Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Threeline rainbowfish) Often found on exposed reefs with shallow clear water. Usually swim in loose groups along upper parts of drop-offs or above reef crests .
Acropora striata (Verrill, 1866) zooxanthellate
Stegastes planifrons (Cuvier, 1830) (threespot damselfish) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Found within caves at night .Often found in tangles of staghorn coral; anywhere there is abundant algae on reefs . Feeds mainly on algae but also on harpacticoid copepods, small...
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Dischistodus chrysopoecilus (Schlegel and Müller, 1839) (Lagoon damsel) Found among coral outcrops and seagrass beds of silty areas of lagoon and coastal reefs , usually subtidal to a few meters depth .
Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker, 1856 (Blueback damsel) Occurs singly or in small aggregations at slightly turbid areas of lagoon and coastal reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic algae.
Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964) (Imitator damsel) Inhabits outer reef slopes.
Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) (Porcelain coral) zooxanthellate
Pavona duerdeni Vaughan, 1907 (Leaf coral) zooxanthellate
Apogon angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) (Striped cardinalfish) Commonly found in clear-waters of seaward reefs; on reef crests and slopes, where usually shallow, and along deep drop-offs to 25 m . Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates at night; cryptic under ledges or in holes by day .
Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) (Barred longtom)
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
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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