David, Terry and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 90 minute and 1 x 81 minute dives in water depths up to 15.5 m, up to 5 m viz, 24 C water temp.
With high winds and big swells predicted we thought we would try Caloundra. The vis had dropped off but the substrate hide many nudibranchs, some quite uncommon. Doris sp. 1 and Miamira sinuata were great to see again along with a large Marionia sp. 5.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires gardineri 1/-
Berthella martensi -/2
Bornella anguilla 1/3
Chromodoris kuiteri 2/3
Dendrodoris sp. 4 -/1
Dermatobranchus funiculus 1/-
Dermatobranchus oculus 3/-
Dermatobranchus ornatus -/3
Dermatobranchus rodmani 1/1
Dermatobranchus sp. 7 2/-
Dermatobranchus sp. 8 -/1
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 5/8
Doris sp. 1 1/-
Elysia pusilla 2/3
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/1
Glossodoris vespa 1/7
Goniobranchus sp. 6 2/-
* Goniobranchus splendidus 7/7
Goniobranchus tinctorius 1/-
Hexabranchus sanguineus -/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 7/6
Hypselodoris maritima 1/4
Mariaglaja inornata 3/2
Marionia sp. 5 1/-
Mexichromis festiva 1/-
Miamira sinuata 1/-
Nembrotha lineolata 1/-
Phyllidiella annulata 1/-
Phyllidiella lizae 1/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 2/3
Pteraeolidia semperi -/1
Roboastra luteolineata 3/3
Sagaminopteron ornatum 2/3
Tornatina sp. 1 shell 2/1
Tritoniopsis elegans 5/3
Verconia simplex 1/-
Our ride
Surface conditions
Leaving our ride
Substrate
Elysia pusilla
Mariaglaja inornata
Tornatina sp. 1 shell
Aegires gardineri
Tritoniopsis elegans
Marionia sp. 5
Goniobranchus splendidus
Dermatobranchus rodmani
Doris sp. 1
Dermatobranchus oculus
Sagaminopteron ornatum
Chromodoris kuiteri
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
Tritoniopsis elegans
Dermatobranchus rodmani
Surface conditions between dives
Substrate
Glossodoris vespa
Bornella anguilla
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Goniobranchus splendidus
Dendrodoris sp. 4
Tritoniopsis elegans juvenile
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Roboastra luteolineata
Miamira sinuata
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Nembrotha lineolata
Roboastra luteolineata
Miamira sinuata
Doris sp. 1
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Hypselodoris maritima
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
Dendrodoris sp. 4
Goniobranchus tinctorius
Verconia simplex
Berthella martensi
Pteraeolidia semperi
