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  • Nº55 # Date: 2023-01-03 - 10:35
  • # Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 83mins
Diver's Notes

1st dive 2023, January 3 , 2023
under the weather but dive anyways, multilevel, solo
Davao Boat Club Pier Deep Loop
Breezy, cool, beautiful but Chilly, some clouds making it dark underwater
Swim to depth off end of pier, zig zag looking for macro, to seamount**, back to beach
** So SAD favorite Yellow Snapper mini seamount had been demolished by dredge anchor few days prior. Favorite spot at this dive site destroyed, Bent Barrel spong killed
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Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Muck Dive
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Canon - Powershot SD780
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Light: Sofirn - SD05
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan LX
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Light: Sealife - SL980
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 172 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.2m
Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Vulcanella verrucolosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)
Leucandra nakamurai Tanita, 1942
Leucandra loricata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Grantia cupula (Haeckel, 1872)
Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879)
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black triggerfish)
Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 (Triggerfish)
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Neoglyphidodon thoracotaeniatus (Fowler and Bean, 1928) (Barhead damsel) Inhabits coral-rich areas of outer reef slopes . Occurs in small groups. Juveniles stay close to substrate but adults may swim high above to feed on zooplankton .
Pomachromis exilis (Allen and Emery, 1973) (Slender reef-damsel) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs. A planktivorous species .
Chromis limbaughi Greenfield and Woods, 1980 (Damselfish)
Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) (Spinecheek anemonefish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs , found mainly in protected coastal waters and lagoons. Typically found in pairs in which males are much smaller than females . Feeds primarily on zooplankton and benthic algae . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor .
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Convict surgeonfish) Occur in lagoon and seaward reefs with hard substrate; young abundant in tide pools . Benthopelagic . Often feeding near freshwater run-offs where certain algae grow on rocks that are grazed . Occasionally form schools;...
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Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852) (Yellowtail tang) Often found in groups in coral-rich areas or on rocky bottoms . It small and numerous pharyngeal teeth suggest a diet that consists mainly of filamentous algae .

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