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  • Nº6 # Date: 2013-06-12 - 22:20
  • # Max Depth: 22m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

We saw the hawksbill sea turtle and some sea snakes surface during the surface interval.

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  • 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     190 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.7m
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Species Identified

Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest, and the non-...
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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 .
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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Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Haddon's sea anemone)
Laticauda colubrina SCHNEIDER 1799 (Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait)
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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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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Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 (Masked bannerfish) Occur in lagoon and seaward reefs with rich coral growth. Juveniles solitary; adults are often paired and occasionally found hovering side by side under tabular corals . Feed on bottom living animals , e.g. invertebrates...
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