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  • Nº51 # Date: 1998-12-24 - 08:58
  • # Max Depth: 27m Duration: 33mins
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Drift dive across Cathedral

In - 08:58
Out - 09:31
Average depth - 19m
Visibility - 15 m ->, 25 m |

Pompano in a group, 21 Blue Ribbon Tail Skates. Scorpion fish in Cathedral. Potatoe Bass. Very rough launch. Even rougher landing. Boating called off for the day afterwards. Saw dolphins in the waves surfing. One dolphin swam down the wave and the turned back and went screaming through the wave and got airborne.

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  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 18m
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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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Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) (Mozambique scorpionfish) Inhabits areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels. Hides during the day, ventures out in the open at night. Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland .
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 (potato cod) Mainly found in deep reef channels and seamounts, in current prone areas . Juveniles may be found in tide pools . Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters . Considered to be exceedingly territorial and ve...
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