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  • Nº30 # Date: 2011-09-21 - 08:30
  • # Max Depth: 22.3m Duration: 34mins
Diver's Notes

We descended to the aft and proceeded along the starboard side - a moray eel greeted us. Swam into a strong current on the port side - used up a lot of air and energy. We only did two circles of the wreck and came up.
Strong current on port side

Wreck Adventure Dive
Objective: Identify risks. sharp edges on strong current side, overexertion in current, rails, fire coral.

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Reef, Boat
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6.4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     200 → 28 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.8m
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Cancer irroratus Say, 1817 (Atlantic rock crab)
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dark green parrotfish) Inhabits coral reefs with clear water . Young may be found in seagrass beds and other heavily vegetated bottoms. Feeds mainly on soft algae, but has been observed to graze on live corals like, Montastraea annularis . Pr...
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Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Bishop ray) Large groups of spotted eagle rays may be seen outside of the breeding season. These rays swim close to the surface and can occasionally be seen jumping clear out of the water (known as 'breaching') . Females give birth to...
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Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grouper) Adults found on rocky and coral reefs, juveniles occur in shallow turtle grass beds. Also been taken in trawls over mud bottom in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Feeds mainly on fishes and squids. Although often implicate...
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Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) (Angelfish) Inhabits rock jetties, rocky reefs and rich coral areas. Juveniles often associated with fire corals . Feeds on tunicates, sponges, zoantharians and algae. Marketed fresh .
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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Atherinella milleri (Bussing, 1979) (Silverside) Found along the coast and in estuaries, may ascend rivers . Feeds on crustaceans, terrestrial and aquatic insects, and diatoms .
Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Anchovy) Forms dense schools, often in shallow waters close to shore. Able to tolerate a wide range of salinities, from hypersaline to almost fresh. Feeds on copepods when young, then on gastropods, foraminifers and an occasional...
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Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) (Nassau grouper) Adults are generally solitary, with the exception of spawning events when hundreds to thousands of individuals were known to group together. In the southern extent of the grouper's range, these awesome aggregations occurre...
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Petrochirus diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Giant Hermit Crab)
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (fire coral) colonial, calcareous skeleton

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