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2 January  2012:

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FIRST DIVE!

Viz:  30m plus

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:   More than 500 Hammerhead sharks!!!!!!  AWESOME!!!!  Gamefish and reef fish.

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SECOND DIVE:

Viz:  15m to 20m

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:  A bit dissappointing after the amazing diving we have been having.  1 Ribbontail Ray.  Reef and gamefish.

3 January 2012:

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Viz:  20 to 25m

Depth: 35m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:   Dropped into about 20 Dolphins on Scuba.  Also about 50 Hammerhead sharks.  Reef and gamefish.  Great dive!!!!!!

4 January  2012:

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FIRST DIVE!

Viz:  25m with a little plankton

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:   HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of shoaling Hammerhead sharks.  1 small Tiger shark.  1 Blacktip shark.  1 HUGE Turtle.  A large shoal of gamefish.  Lots of reef fish and we even had time to spot a Nudibranch.  AWESOME DIVE!!!!

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SECOND DIVE:

Viz:  25m with a little plankton

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:  6 Hammerhead sharks close up.  1 Blacktip shark.  1 Ray.  Lots of reef and gamefish.  GOOD DIVE!!!

6 January  2012:

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FIRST DIVE!

Viz:  10 -20m with plankton

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:   Several Hammerhead sharks.    Lots of reef and gamefish.  Great plankton in water which kept us busy on safety stop.  GOOD DIVE!!!!

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SECOND DIVE:

Viz:  10 - 20m with plankton

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:  'Buzzed' by a Tiger Shark twice!!!!!  Also saw 1 Blacktip shark.  Lots of reef fish.  EXCELLENT DIVE!!!!!

7 January  2012:

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Viz:  25m with a little plankton

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees Celsius

Sightings:   1 Potato Bass!  Lots of reef and gamefish.

8 January  2012:

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FIRST DIVE!

Viz:  10 -20m depending on depth

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees on surface, 22 degrees on bottom

Sightings:  3 shoals of gamefish.  Several Hammerhead sharks popping in and out on the dive.  A good dive.

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SECOND DIVE:

Viz:  10 - 20m depending on depth

Depth: 30m

Sea:  Medium current.

Sea temp:  24 degrees on surface and 22degrees on bottom

Sightings:  A huge 'aquarium' on condensed reef and gamefish, with 5 Potato Bass on the outer edge, then we spotted a Great White shark looking in on us.  Two REALLY close up encounters with the GREAT WHITE - shat in my pants and ended up aborting dive ... Kym finally scared of sharks!!!!!!!.  Also saw a Ray which was too close to the Great White for my liking ... guess he ended up as dinner.  The most incredible 20 minutes of my life!!!!!!!

11-18 January 2012:

Did not dive for a week as we took a group up to Mozambique.

21 January  2012:

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Viz:  3 to5m at surface, 20m at bottom

Depth: 35m

Sea:  No current.

Sea temp:  17 degrees at bottom, but warmer on surface.

Sightings:  Lots of gamefish.  1 Black-Ribbontail Ray.   plenty reef fish.

22 January  2012:

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Viz:  5m - 15m depending on depth

Depth: 30m

Sea:  No current.

Sea temp:  23 degrees on surface, 18 degrees on bottom

Sightings:  1 Zambezi Shark.  Lots of reef and gamefish.

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