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  • Nº2 # Date: 2013-10-15 - 13:56
  • # Max Depth: 6.7m Duration: 21mins
Diver's Notes

Extra dive after we finished the Open Water Course in shallow water because we had air left in our tanks.
Get stung by small jellyfish (<5cm) while practising skills. It's quite itchy.

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Neil, Debby
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 4.5m
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Species Identified

Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (Hound needlefish) A pelagic species found over lagoon and seaward reefs. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on fishes . Oviparous . Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface . Feared by fi...
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Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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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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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (Live sharksucker)
Siganus unimaculatus (Evermann and Seale, 1907) (Blotched foxface) Small juveniles occur in schools of up to a few hundred fish, larger juveniles and adults occur in pairs. Feeds on seaweeds .
Siganus punctatus (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Goldspotted spinefoot) Occurs in clear lagoons and seaward reefs. Juveniles live in schools of up to about 50 fish with pairing commencing as small as 15 cm, but fish may still be schooling at 22 cm SL; older fish live in pairs. Feeds on benthic algae . Adults on deep coastal reefs, juveniles in shallow estuaries .
Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 (Dhon noo mas) Inhabits deep lagoons and along seaward reefs , primarily around coral reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in large midwater aggregations. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs .
Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (Tiera batfish) Large adults live in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore. Commonly found around shipwrecks in small groups and occasionally forms large schools. Small juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations as they find ...
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