A single shore entry dive by Gary and David of 133 minutes. Maximum depth 6.3 m, 24 C water temperature and 1 to 2 m viz.
From the shore the viz looked reasonable however upon descent we were lucky to have 2 metres at most which dropped to 1 metre on the turn of the tide. Still, how much viz do you need to find 5 mm long sea slugs in the silt? There is an even spread of dorids and aeolids amongst the finds. A couple worth mentioning are Eubranchus sp. 3 and Cratena sp. 5 the latter being adult specimens to the recent juvenile first-find out at Coles Hole on the Gneering Shoals.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -3
* Cratena lineata -14
Cratena sp. 5 -2
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -8
Facelina bourailli -1
Flabellina angelvaldesi -1
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -6
Goniobranchus geometricus -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -3
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -9
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Hypselodoris whitei -1
Spinophallus falciphallus -2
Tenellia puellula -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -11
The dive site
Substrate
Eubranchus sp. 10
Goniodoridella sp. 6
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Cratena lineata
Hypselodoris obscura
Flabellina angelvaldesi
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Spinophallus falciphallus -
formerly of Philinopsis
Hypselodoris whitei
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniodoridella savignyi - mating pair
Atys semistriatus shell
Goniobranchus daphne
Elysia sp. 11
The viz at the beacon pile
Facelina bourailli
Eubranchus sp. 3
Tenellia puellula
Tenellia sp. 23
Cratena sp. 5
