A single solo shore entry night dive by Gary of 103 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.
After a lot of rain and run-off over the past week I drove to river to check out the conditions. The incoming tide made the waters edge looked fairly clear and it was surprising. I then drove home and grabbed the gear. This was going to be night dive. After drifting up river and descending the bottom was dark and lots of particles in the water coloumn. Lights on and search. I realized the bottom and al the rocks were heavily covered in silt. The species count was low. On top of that there was a lot of red weed caught on everything. Flabellina lotos were on their food source and you couldn't see it. When the tide turned it got bad so ended the dive.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Cratena lineata -6
Cratena simba -2
Doto sp. 6 -3
Flabellina lotos -5
Goniodoridella savigny -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -14
Hypselodoris obscura -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -1
Night is coming entry
Goniodoridella sp. 1 mating pair
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 1
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniodoridella savigny
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Flabellina lotos
Cratena lineata
Doto sp. 6
Cratena simba mating pair
Flabellina lotos
