Terry, Gary, David Hill and David on this excursion consisting of 1 x 71 minute and 1 x 70 minute dives in water depths from 14 m to 17.7 m. 8 m viz, 21 C water temp and some surge but less so down in the deeper gutters..
We departed Mooloolaba Harbour on More Mischief deciding to head a little further offshore hoping to obtain better visibility than we had been experiencing of late. There were whales aplenty but also a sea surface covered with an algal bloom due to the calm conditions. There were a couple of species that we haven't sighted in quite awhile including Ardeadoris carlsoni, Ardeadoris sp. 1 & Chromodoris magnifica.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires flores -/1
Ardeadoris carlsoni 1/-
Ardeadoris rubroannulata 2/-
Ardeadoris sp. 1 -/1
Ardeadoris sp. 2 2/2
Berthella martensi 1/-
Bornella anguilla -/1
Ceratosoma trilobatum -/1
Ceratosoma tenue 1/-
Chelidonura inornata -/1
Chromodoris elisabethina 3/5
Chromodoris magnifica 2/1
Chromodoris sp. 1 1/-
Cratena lineata 1/1
Dermatobranchus oculus 1/1
* Doriprismatica atromarginata 13/13
Glossodoris vespa 1/-
Goniobranchus splendidus 1/4
Hypselodoris jacksoni - 4/6
Hypselodoris maculosa 1/-
Hypselodoris maritima -/1
Hypselodoris obscura 1/1
Hypselodoris whitei 1/-
Hypselodoris zephyra -/1
Phyllidia elegans -/1
Phyllidia ocellata -/1
Phyllidia varicosa -/1
Phyllidiella lizae 1/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 3/5
Phyllidiopsis fissurata -/1
Sagaminopteron ornatum 1/-
Sagaminopteron psychedelicum 2/1
Tambja tenuilineata -/1
Thorunna daniellae -/1
Thuridilla carlsoni 4/1
Thuridilla splendens 2/2
Tornatina sp. 1 -/1
Tylodina corticalis -/1
Verconia simplex -/1
Ardeadoris rubroannulata
Chromodoris magnifica
Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
Chromodoris sp. 1
Cratena lineata
Berthella martensi
Chromodoris elisabethina
Hypselodoris maculosa
Chelidonura inornata
Ceratosoma trilobatum
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Phyllidia elegans
Hypselodoris maritima
Thorunna daniellae
Bornella anguilla
Substrate
Hypselodoris whitei
Ardeadoris sp. 2
Thuridilla splendens
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Glossodoris vespa
Dermatobranchus oculus
Ardeadoris carlsoni
Ceratosoma tenue
Surface conditions
Hypselodoris zephyra
Tylodina corticalis
Tambja tenuilineata
Phyllidiopsis fissurata
Aegires flores
Goniobranchus splendidus
Tornatina sp. 1
Ardeadoris sp. 1
Verconia simplex
Phyllidia varicosa
Thuridilla carlsoni
