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  • Nº5 # Date: 2013-06-12 - 20:18
  • # Max Depth: 28m Duration: 37mins
Diver's Notes

Perfect sunny weather and no current. Several other divers stated that they were unable to dive the yongala on several previous occasions because the currents were too strong. We saw Goliath grouper larger than the divers, schools of barracuda, a bull shark, turtles, sea snakes... Everything! We went to the bottom of the ocean for our deep water dive.

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Dive Location

  • Dive type : Training, Deep dive, Wreck
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - 5mm
  • Weights: 8.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 18.7m
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Species Identified

Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) (Giant grouper) The largest bony fish found in coral reefs . Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in ...
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Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Bullshark) The biology of the bull shark is still little known but it shows extraordinary physiological adaptations that allow it to persist in both freshwater and saltwater. Bull sharks have been captured in places you would never ...
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Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dusky batfish) Adults are generally solitary and found under overhangs of steep outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m. Juveniles are encountered in mangroves and inner sheltered reefs where they seek shelter in caves or under le...
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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 .
Laticauda colubrina SCHNEIDER 1799 (Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait)
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) (Giant trevally) Pelagic over sand and rock . Adults occur singly and inhabit clear lagoon and seaward reefs . Juveniles found in estuaries. Feed on crustaceans and fishes at night . Large individuals may be ciguatoxic. The largest t...
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