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  • Nº18 # Date: 2009-05-29 - 11:45
  • # Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

Nice close in reef, similar to first time on this site. Several barracuda today.

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  • Surface interval:90 mins
  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Boat
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.2m
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815) (Filefish) Common near drop-offs of seaward reefs . Occasionally in shallow water. Solitary or in small groups in open water. Often associated with Sargassum . Feeds mainly on large zooplankton. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 13121.
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black triggerfish)
Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (Bigeye) Adults benthic on the continental slope and collected with bottom trawls . Juveniles are pelagic in depths of 130-145 and 350-425 m . Feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates . Oviparous .
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) (Barracuda)

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