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  • Nº27 # Date: 2010-07-12 - 12:24
  • # Max Depth: 23m Duration: 38mins
Diver's Notes

Spearman's Barge is a great place to photograph the sea life. Visibility was good. There were lobsters and eels in every hole. There were schools and schools of fish. I tried to swim with them and they really didn't seem to mind too much. They just moved out of the way. At one point I started getting cold; it was 23C. Right at the end of the dive, I was trying to coax a small green eel out of his hole far enough to snap a picture. But the closer I got, the deeper he went so I started to swim away. Then he popped out again and I got him... on film that is. Jim's computer was telling him he was out of time, so we ascended. Too soon if you ask me.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:65 mins
  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Training, Wreck, Photo, Boat
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Dacor - Talon
  • Boots: Akona -
  • Camera: Sony - DSC-TX1
  • Computer: Uwatec - Smart Z
  • Fins: Dacor - Panther
  • Mask: Dacor - Nautilus
  • Regulator: Mares - M12 Octo
  • Regulator: Mares - M12 Proton
  • Wet suit: Mares - 3mm
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures confirmed the dive with parameters: 23m / 38mins
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 33
  • 11L Aluminium     208 → 95 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.9m
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Species Identified

Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) (yellowtail snapper)
Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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