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  • Nº4 # Date: 2016-12-14 - 15:50
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 35mins
Diver's Notes

Top of the Blue hole. Final dive for OWD certification.

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Dive Location

  • Surface interval:190 mins
  • Temp: Bottom 21°C
  • Dive type : Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - Wave
  • Regulator: Apeks - ATX
  • Weights: 10 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Species Identified

Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 (Barracuda) Its habits are probably similar to those of the phylogenetically closely related Sphyraena sphyraena . Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans and fishes. Caught in trammel nets and beach seines .
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Common cuttlefish) Cuttlefish swim using the fin that passes around the body. They can also rapidly expel water and move quickly by 'jet-propulsion' . Like all cephalopods, the common cuttlefish is an active predator, feeding on molluscs, yo...
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Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European flounder)
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Atlantic lizardfish) Primarily in insular waters , on sand and sand-rock bottoms . Feeds mainly on other fishes, but may also prey on other animals .
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier, 1830) (Canary damsel) Adults inhabit rocky inshore areas, often near sand; juveniles found in tide pools. Food comprised mainly of algae with associated minute invertebrates . Males protect the eggs deposited in nests .
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864) (sharpnose-puffer)
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (seahorse)

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