{"id":103,"date":"2016-02-19T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=103"},"modified":"2016-09-04T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T09:49:48","slug":"rare-encounter-with-a-john-dory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2016\/02\/19\/rare-encounter-with-a-john-dory\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare encounter with a John Dory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, it is not very common these days to come across John Dory, locally known as <em>Pixxi San Pietru<\/em> (Peter&#8217;s Fish).\u00a0\u00a0 During this dive at Mgarr ix-Xini with Denis Marin, we were lucky to see one gracefully finning along.\u00a0 We observed it for several minutes; admiring its incredibly thin profile (if you happen to point a dive light at it, the light easily penetrates to the other side) and graceful movement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o.jpg\" alt=\"12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/12794829_10154014294923809_6203773621599797177_o-171x96.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denis Marin observes a John Dory at Mgarr ix-Xini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On this dive I also tested a new piece of gear: the Shearwater Petrel 2 Dive Computer, which is just a fabulous computer.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait to use it on technical dives!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ed_computer_s.jpg\" alt=\"The Shearwater Petrel 2 Dive Computer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ed_computer_s.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ed_computer_s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ed_computer_s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ed_computer_s-171x96.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id='stb-container-5893' class='stb-container-css stb-info-container stb-caption stb-collapsible stb-visible stb-image-big stb-ltr stb-corners stb-shadow'><div id='stb-caption-box-5893' class='stb-info-caption_box stb_caption stb-caption-box' ><aside class='stb-caption-icon'><img src='http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/info.png'><\/aside><span>Dive Log Info<\/span><div id=\"stb-tool-5893\" class=\"stb-tool\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"stb-toolimg-5893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/minus.png\" title=\"Hide\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id='stb-body-box-5893' class='stb-info-body_box stb_body stb-body-box' ><strong>Date:<\/strong> 19\/02\/2016<br \/>\n<strong>Site:<\/strong> Mgarr ix-Xini<br \/>\n<strong>Time in:<\/strong> 14:17<br \/>\n<strong>Time out:<\/strong> 15:32<br \/>\n<strong> Runtime:<\/strong> 75min<br \/>\n<strong> Max Depth:<\/strong> 13m<br \/>\n<strong> Bottom Temperature:<\/strong> 16\u00baC<br \/>\n<strong> Visibility:<\/strong> Good<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 'light_clean';}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, it is not very common these days to come across John Dory, locally known as Pixxi San Pietru (Peter&#8217;s Fish).\u00a0\u00a0 During this dive at Mgarr ix-Xini with Denis Marin, we were lucky to see one gracefully finning along.\u00a0 We observed it for several minutes; 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