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Dive #66 · Thursday, 7 August 2008 · 10:04–11:04
The Canyon, Dahab
Dahab, South Sinai Dahab and the Gulf of Aqaba
- Day 2 of 8 · Egypt Aug 2008 →
- First of 2 dives that day(also #67 Coral Garden, Dahab 14:19)
- deeper than 91 % of all dives
- longer than 62 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 29.9 m
- Avg depth
- 11.9 m
- Bottom time
- 60 min
- Surface
- 27 °C
- Air
- 24 °C
- Visibility
- 30 m
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32 · measured 30 %
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 188 → 30 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 6 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm / shorty, booties, open-heel fins
- Surface interval
- 18:15
- Difficulty
- 1 (easy)
- Conditions
- Surge: weak; weather: clear; surf: medium; current: n/a; tide: high
Where
The Canyon, Dahab
A fissure in the reef roofed over by coral, entered through a hole in the ceiling at about 20 m and swum along in near-darkness with light coming through the cracks.
Dive 1 of 2 here · first 2008 · last Aug 2008
With
On the map
The Canyon
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Point of interest
- Pinnacle / rock
- Shoreline
- Depth contour
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Shallows
- Coral / reef
- Sand
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
Fine dive. Only, again a cylinder with just 185 bar going into the water. Saw a couple of nice sea slugs including a mourning doris. In the canyon the light was beautiful and there were thousands of cave fish. At the end there was a crocodilefish. Average heart rate: 87.