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Ribbon Reef #10: Cod Hole
Huge Potato Groupers
Potato grouper
Epinephelus tukula
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Potato grouper
Epinephelus tukula
Surface interval
Time:
1:05
Pressure Group:
C
Dive
1st level
Depth:
22
Time:
0:15
P.G:
F
2nd level
Depth:
16
Time:
0:20
P.G:
K
3rd level
Depth:
12
Time:
0:31
P.G:
P
Conditions
Weather
Sunny
Air temperature
32 degrees
Surface conditions
Calm
Water temperature
28 degrees
Current
Weak
Visibility
20 meters
Gear
Shorty, 4 kilo lead, BCD size M (good fit).
Notes
Never seen so many huge Potato groupers / Potato cods in one dive site. Swam beside one which was almost as big as myself! Also a White tip reef shark cruising by, 2 green morays hiding under the rocks, a hawksbill sea turtle eating, three very big stone fish close together and many other fish.
Coral was ok, but other Ribbon reef sites have better.
No current, not deep, easy to dive.
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