A single shore entry dive by Gary and David of 121 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 10 m viz.
With the westerly gusting down the river it was a quick change out of the civies into the drysuits. The river certainly looked inviting and did not disappoint. We experienced good visibility and almost no current - just enough to take away any stirred up silt. Numbers of species seem to be back on the upwards trend now. The juvenile Hypselodoris zephyra is a new record for the river. The "white morph of Flabellina rubrolineata" was an interesting find. Specimens of Goniodoridella sp. 1 were abundant. More than half of the species types were aeolids.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Bulbaeolidia alba - 1
Cratena lineata - 6
Flabellina rubrolineata - 10
Goniobranchus daphne - 4
Goniodoridella savignyi - 3
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 - 50 +
Gymnodoris sp. 17 - 2
Hypselodoris obscura - 5
Hypselodoris kanga - 1
Hypselodoris zephyra - 1
Pteraeolidia semperi - 1
Tenellia sibogae - 3
Tenellia sp. 23 - 1
Tenellia sp. 24 - 4
Tenellia sp. 35 - 1
Surface conditions
Substrate
Substrate
Hypselodoris kanga
Tenellia sp. 35
Tenellia sp. 24
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniodoridella savignyi - a pair
Bulbaeolidia alba
Goniobranchus daphne
Tenellia sp. 23
Pteraeolidia semperi
Hypselodoris zephyra
Flabellina rubrolineata
Tenellia sibogae
Flabellina rubrolineata - is it?
Cratena lineata
Gymnodoris sp. 17
