Julie, Terry David and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 65 minute and 1 x 50 minute dives in water depths from 11 m to 15 m. 15 m viz, 21 C water temp and heavy surge.
The weather report was looking good but a bit of swell was still about, so we went out and gave it a go. Surface conditions were nice with an occasion swell rolling in. The viz was good and you see the bottom from the boat. Descending to the bottom told a different story. The surge was quite heavy but surprisingly there were nudibranchs to be found and shooting them was a challenge. Julie and Gary decided to sit the second dive out and munch on chips while Terry and David continued the search. Finding Phyllidia guamensis, Mexichromis trilineata and Aplysia parvula were great finds
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires citrinus 1/-
Aplysia parvula -/3
Ardeadoris averni 1/-
Ardeadoris rubrolineata 1/-
Ardeadoris sp. 2 4/-
Bulbaeolidia alba -/1
Chromodoris elisabethina 2/1
Chromodoris kuiteri 1/-
* Doriprismatica atromarginata 7/3
Flabellina sp. 1 1/-
Glossodoris vespa 2/1
Goniobranchus geometricus 2/1
Goniobranchus splendidus 6/2
Hypselodoris bullockii 1/-
Hypselodoris jacksoni 2/2
Hypselodoris obscura 3/1
Hypselodoris tryoni 2/-
Mexichromis trilineata 1/-
Phyllidia exquisita -/1
Phyllidia guamensis 1/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 3/1
Pleurobranchus peronii -/1
Sagaminopteron ornatum -/1
Tenellia sibogae 4/3
Thuridilla splendens -/1
Tritoniopsis elegans 1/-
Our ride
Surface conditions
The substrate
Mexichromis trilineata
Hypselodoris obscura
Tritoniopsis elegans
Ardeadoris sp. 2
Ardeadoris rubrolineata
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Goniobranchus splendidus
Bulbaeolidia alba
Chromodoris kuiteri
Chromodoris elisabethina
Glossodoris vespa
Sagaminopteron ornatum
Pleurobranchus peronii
Thuridilla splendens
Goniobranchus geometricus
A pair of Chromodoris elisabethina
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Phyllidia guamensis
Phyllidia exquisita
Aplysia parvula
David about to ascend
