A single shore entry dive by Gary, Sheryl and Jenny of 123 minutes. Maximum depth 6.9 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 10 m viz.
After waking up to a chilly 4C degree morning to bottom of the river we went in darkness. The water temp has dropped to 20C and the current was low. On top of that there were times that seemed to be 8-10 m of vis. The early morning light presented a beautiful low light blue with the surface clearly seen from the bottom. Pteraeolidia semperi is still the most common at this site and after recording a rather large egg mass the population is sure to grow. Chromodoris sp. 5 was a great find from under a rock. And a small but colourful Philinopsis speciosa was also recorded.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Bornella anguilla -2
Ceratosoma tenue -1
Chromodoris sp. 5 -1
Flabellina lotos -5
Goniobranchus decorus -4
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniodoridella savigny -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -24
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -2
Hypselodoris obscura -11
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
* Pteraeolidia semperi -55
Verconia simplex -1
Hypselodoris obscura
Pteraeolidia semperi
Pteraeolidia semperi with regrown back end
Clear water channel marker
Who knows what lurks...
Goniobranchus daphne
Pteraeolidia semperi and egg mass
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Early morning substrate
Goniodoridella savigny
Goniobranchus daphne
Hypselodoris zephyra
Flatworm
Ceratosoma tenue
Goniodoridella savigny
Bornella anguilla
Bornella anguilla
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Philinopsis speciosa
Goniobranchus decorus
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Chromodoris sp. 5
Getting serious
Verconia simplex
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