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  • Nº8 # Date: 2013-06-16 - 20:05
  • # Max Depth: 25m Duration: 45mins
Diver's Notes

We swam though tunnels of coral and a Taiwanese shipping vessel that was sunk purposely. We held up sand and the fish would come and try to eat out our hands. We also got to pet a sea turtle. Our guide even found an empty cowry shell for me.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Wet suit: - 3mm
  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 69 bar
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  • Average depth: 16.7m
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Species Identified

Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 (Sea horse) Perhaps the most unique and unusual feature of seahorse biology is the fact that it is the male and not the female who becomes pregnant. When mature, males develop a pouch on the belly, known as the brood pouch. Breeding t...
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Amanses scopas (Cuvier, 1829) (Broom leatherjacket) Inhabits clear coastal to outer reefs, usually in rich coral areas with rubble patches or gutters . Less approachable than most filefishes . Usually seeks coverage in large corals when approached .
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (Live sharksucker)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Gray reef shark) Occurs on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters adjacent to them . Common on coral reefs, often in deeper areas near drop-offs to the open sea, in atoll passes, and in shallow lagoons adjacent to areas of str...
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