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  • Nº29 # Date: 1998-04-11 - 10:15
  • # Max Depth: 21m Duration: 45mins
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Boat: Malongane 1
Skipper: Cliff
Site: Bass City

In - 10:15
Out - 11:01
Average depth - 17 m
Visibility - 20m ->, 21 m |

Buddied with a stranger called Darius. Great dive Lots od Bass and cod. Touched a huge Brindle Bass. 8 or 9 Lion Fish. Lots of Wrasse. Goat fish by the dozen. Saw Blue Spotted Ray eating a Crayfish. Saw Parrot Fish and Shrimp Dolphin rode in the wake of the dive boat.

In water emergency/incident. Diver bolted for surface. They blacked out and wanted to remove DV at +/- 7 metres. Forced DV back into their mouth and aborted their dive. On surface Cliff towed me to the dive buoy to continue my dive.

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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 30 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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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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Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) (Giant grouper) The largest bony fish found in coral reefs . Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in ...
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