22 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 11-07-2025.
A single shore entry dive with Gary, Sheryl and Richard of 141 minutes, 1.2 m, maximum depth 4.9 m, 20 C water temperature, up to 10 m viz.
Let's go dive in clear winter river water...and so it was. Cratena pawarshindeorum is still around all though not as many as a week ago, they are hanging in there. Plocamopherus tilesii was the big surprize today. This was a good dive.
Species and numbers recorded:
Bulbaeolidia alba -3
Coryphellina lotos -4
Cratena lineata -3
Cratena pawarshindeorum -100+
Doto sp. 7 -5
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
Goniodoridella unidonta -4
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -4
Gymnodoris sp. 26 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 31 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Liloa brevis shell -1
Mnestia sp. 1 shell -1
Murphydoris cobbi -38
Murphydoris puncticulata -1
Murphydoris sp. 11 -1
Plocamopherus tilesii -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Tenellia sp. 13 -1
Tenellia sp. 23 - 1
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -2
Early entry
Clarity
Westerly surface
Substrate upon descent
Float
Murphydoris cobbi
Substrate
Murphydoris puncticulata
Unidentia sp. 1
Murphydoris cobbi
First Bommie
Bulbaeolidia alba
Cratena lineata
Murphydoris cobbi
Doto sp. 7
Doto sp. 7 spawn
Bulbaeolidia alba
Unidentia sp. 1
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Goniodoridella unidonta
A new river day
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Look up!
Hypselodoris obscura
A freind
Gothum City
The Pyramid
Goniodoridella unidonta
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Sand wave at Slabrock
Shoot
Goniodoridella savignyi x2
Goniodoridella unidonta
Tenellia sp. 47
Substrate
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Doto sp. 7
Substrate - The hound
Substrate - cable
Substrate
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
Gymnodoris sp. 31
Murphydoris sp. 11
Cratena pawarshindeorum trailing
Coryphellina lotos
Channel marker anchor chain
Channel marker
Mnestia sp. 1
Coryphellina lotos
Retusa amphizosta
Plocamopherus tilesii
Hello
Coryphellina lotos
Emerging
What??
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
A freind
Plocamopherus tilesii
Tenellia sp. 23
Gymnodoris sp. 26 eating Cratena pawarshindeorum
Tenellia sp. 13
