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  • Nº27 # Date: 2013-01-04 - 10:15
  • # Max Depth: 40m Duration: 41mins
Diver's Notes

Deep Diver Specialty Dive
Wow! 40m.. incredible.. If I ever want to go deeper, I'll need to be Tec. (Now that's an objective!)
The depth draws you in.. it's exhilarating!
We also saw quite a few fish for such a depth.

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  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Training, Deep dive
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     220 → 45 bar
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  • Average depth: 26.7m
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Species Identified

Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) (Surge wrasse)
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blue wrasse) Occurs in the upper portions of lagoon and coastal reefs, and in protected seaward reefs . Enters estuaries . Usually found on upper portions of ledges and heads . Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fish eggs . A protogynous hermaphrodite .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .
Chromodoris reticulata (Nudibranch)

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