Julie, Terry, David and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 70 minute and 1 x 70 minute dives in water depths up to 19.8 m, up to 10 m viz, 22 C water temp.
Taking advantage of the low wind days we headed out to Currimundi Reef to a deeper dive TJs and again the surge followed us. We did manage to find some interesting nudibranchs like Babakina indopacifica, Thorunna sp. 1 and Doto rosacea which are not too common. Interestingly Doriprismatica atromarginata was not the most common, Hypselodoris jacksoni was. Dermatobranchus ornatus were large and out in the open substrate. When we surfaced the wind had increased quite a bit and we steamed home with a following sea.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires flores 1/-
Aegires villosus 1/-
Babakina indopacifica 2/-
Bornella anguilla -/1
Bulbaeolidia alba 3/1
Cadlinella ornatissima 1/-
Chromodoris elisabethina -/1
Chromodoris kuiteri -/4
Dermatobranchus oculus 1/-
Dermatobranchus ornatus 3/2
Dermatobranchus sp. 7 -/3
Diversidoris flava 1/-
Diversidoris sp. 1 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 1/15
Doto rosacea 1/-
Elysia sp. 11 1/-
Flabellina rubrolineata 2/2
Flabellina sp. 1 1/-
Glossodoris rufomarginata 2/5
Glossodoris vespa 1/1
Goniobranchus albonares 2/1
Goniobranchus decorus -/1
Goniobranchus geometricus -/4
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -/3
Goniobranchus splendidus 5/4
Gymnodoris alba -/2
Gymnodoris sp. 9 -/1
* Hypselodoris jacksoni 5/14
Hypselodoris obscura 1/1
Hypselodoris sagamiensis -/1
Hypselodoris whitei -/1
Jorunna parva -/1
Marionia pustulosa 1/-
Mariaglaja inornata -/3
Phyllidia ocellata 1/2
Phyllidia picta 2/1
Phyllidia varicosa -/1
Phyllidiella annulata -/1
Phyllidiella lizae 1/-
Phyllidiella pustuloa 5/5
Phyllidiopsis burni 1/-
Pleurolidia juliae -/1
Pteraeolidia semperi -/1
Sagaminopteron ornatum 1/1
Tambja morosa 1/-
Tambja tenuilineata 1/1
Tenellia melanobrachia 1/-
Thorunna sp. 1 -/2
Tritoniopsis elegans -/4
Tyrannodoris luteolineata 1/3
Verconia simplex 1/-
Verconia varians 1/-
Almost ready to go
Surface conditions
Our ride
Substrate
Phyllidiella lizae
Goniobranchus splendidus
Flabellina rubrolineata
Tambja tenuilineata
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Flabellina sp. 1
Diversidoris flava
Phyllidia ocellata
Babakina indopacifica
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Glossodoris vespa
Phyllidia picta
Bornella anguilla feeding
Jorunna parva
Chromodoris kuiteri
Hypselodoris obscura
Thorunna sp. 1
Thorunna sp. 1 pair with egg masses
Phyllidiella pustuloa
Doriprismatica atromarginata 3 animals
Phyllidia varicosa
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Aegires villosus
Elysia sp. 11
Doto rosacea
Marionia sp. 5
Flabellina rubrolineata
Babakina indopacifica
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Dermatobranchus sp. 7
Tritoniopsis elegans
Gymnodoris alba
Goniobranchus decorus
Tambja tenuilineata
Glossodoris vespa
Diversidoris sp. 1
Verconia varians
Goniobranchus albonares
Tritoniopsis elegans
Cadlinella ornatissima
Gymnodoris alba
Chromodoris elisabethina
Dermatobranchus sp. 7
