Julie, Terry and David on this excursion consisting of 1 x 79 minute and 1 x 77 minute dives in water depths of 15m to 19m. 12m viz, 26C water temp and a little surge.
We returned to Wobby Rock for this trip not so much because it was teeming with nudibranchs (which it wasn't) last Tuesday but because the dirty water run off from the heavy rains has extended out a considerable distance offshore. Very lumpy surface conditions at the start of the day gradually improved as the day progressed. Only the usual suspects were sighted on this trip. Julie commented that she saw more species of sea star than nudibranchs.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Berthellina citrina 1/2
Chromodoris elisabethina 1/-
Cratena lineata 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 1/2
Glossodoris vespa -/1
Goniobranchus cf. reticulatus 1/-
Goniobranchus splendidus 1/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 1/-
Hypselodoris maculosa 1/-
Noumea simplex 1/-
Phyllidia elegans -/1
Phyllidiella lizae 2/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 2/1
Thuridilla carlsoni 2/-
* Thuridilla splendens 5/2
Trinchesia ornata 1/1
Surface conditions
Chromodoris elisabethina
Hypselodoris maculosa
Thuridilla carlsoni
Substrate
Trinchesia ornata
Thuridilla splendens
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Goniobranchus splendidus
Noumea simplex
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Goniobranchus cf. reticulatus
Glossodoris vespa
Berthellina citrina
Phyllidia elegans
