Dive #76 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log
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Bottom Time to Date:

64h
6m


Dive Info:

Dive Start:
1:00PM

Bottom Time:
84 minutes

Maximum Depth:
64 feet

Safety Stop:
3 minutes

Beginning Air:
3300 psi

Ending Air:
300 psi

Weather Conditions:
Nice 88°F

Surface Conditions:
Small swells

Surface Water Temperature:
84°F

Bottom Water Temperature:
84°F

Visibility:
100 feet
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July 11,
2001
FOKO FUKUNSRAL - BUOY #16
KOSRAE - FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
BOAT DIVE
 
Katrina and Ben (divemasters), Don (NY), Paul and Katy (MO), and Linda (buddies)
Kosrae Village Resort
http://www.kosraevillage.com/
Photo
These 3 reticulated butterflyfish posed for me
Videograph by Rich Torkington in Kosrae 2001 
Dive Journal: I decide to leave the video camera on board this dive – this is a pleasure dive (ha ha).

Another gorgeous Koraean dive. We see a nice pair of blackfin dartfish. Also a couple of fox-faced rabbitfish, another sleeping lionfish, and a few barred thicklip (wrasses). Speaking of lips, we also continue to spy the many beautiful painted clams with their wild purple lips.

Linda particularly enjoys the patches of anemones and the collection of anemone fish and three-spot dascyllus that populate them. Katrina shows Linda how the anemone can be gently flapped up like a shag rug, and oftentimes the eggs of the anemonefish are visible underneath. Linda also enjoys stroking the anemone’s tentacles flowing back and forth in the surge – apparently she is not sensitive to their toxin like some people are.

On exit there are some teardrop and spotbanded butterflyfish. We are getting better at identification by studying the Micronesian Reef Fishes book we’ve brought with us.

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Info:
Fins:
Mares Avanti Quattro
Computer:
U S Divers Matrix
Tank:
80 ft3 Al
BCD:
SeaQuest Spectrum 4
Dive Type:
BOAT
Body of Water:
Pacific Ocean
Mask:
U S Divers
Protection:
3mm full wetsuit
Regulator:
SeaQuest
Spectrum XR2
plus Oceanic
Slimline octopus
Weight:
12 lb
Water Type:
Salt
Video Equipment:
None