A single shore entry dive by Gary, Chris, Anna and Kyle of 120 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 3 m viz.
After quite a bit of rain it was off to the river to see if it was ok to dive. The river on the incoming 1.5 m tide was pretty brown.We did notice blue water coming into the river through the channel and decided to give it a go. Upon descending the viz was about 30 cm, but after that magic happened! The surreal viz turned out to be 2-3 m+ with an orange-brown layer overhead giving the substrate an orange look that proved quite nice for searching. The highlights were another Costasiella sp. 1 found quite early and Ceratosoma tenue laying an egg mass.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Ceratosoma tenue -2
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Costasiella sp. 2 -1
Cratena lineata -1
Cratena simba -1
Cratena sp. 6 -1
Flabellina lotos -2
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -1
Goniobranchus daphne -5
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -48
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -11
Pteraeolidia semperi -32
Tenellia sibogae -8
Brown river entry
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Hypselodoris obscura
Costasiella sp. 1
Substrate
Hypselodoris obscura twisting
Chris getting serious
Goniodoridella sp. 1 mating pair
The surreal channel marker
Goniodoridella savignyi
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniobranchus splendidus
Flabellina lotos
Pteraeolidia semperi
Bulbaeolidia alba
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Tenellia sibogae mating slime
Ceratosoma tenue
Ceratosoma tenue laying eggs
Looking up the surreal water column
Pteraeolidia semperi juvenile
Tenellia sibogae
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Cratena sp. 6
Cratena lineata
Costasiella sp. 2
Ceratosoma tenue
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Cratena simba
