A single shore entry dive by Gary, Fran, Kelly and Nevar of 241 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 26 C water temperature and up to 5 m viz.
Get in while the getting is good! So off we went. Nudibranchs were a bit scarce during the tidal flow in the beginning but we managed to find 36 species.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys sp. 7 shell -1
Austrocylichna leucampyx shell -1
Baeolidia australis -1
Colpodaspis sp. 1 -4
Costasiella sp. 6 -1
Cratena lineata -1
* Doto sp. 5 -21
Elysia sp. 11 -2
Mnestia sp. 1 -1
Facelina sp. 11 -4
Flabellina lotos -2
Godiva sp. 2 -1
Goniobranchus albonares -1
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniobranchus decorus -3
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniobranchus splendidus -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -20
Gymnodoris nigricolor -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Haminoea sp. 12 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Julia exquisita -1
Mnestia sp. 1 -1
Myja longicornis -1
Onchidoris maugeansis -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Phyllodesmium undulatum -1
Polycera sp. 1 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 44 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 9 -1
Rainy entry
Step on down
Early viz
Costasiella sp. 6
Elysia sp. 11
Goniobranchus albonares
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniodoridella savignyi
Doto sp. 5
Doto sp. 5
Tenellia sp. 44
Tenellia sp. 44
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniodoridella sp. 1
The pillar before the desert
Facelina sp. 11
Godiva sp. 2
Doto sp. 5
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Goniobranchus decorus
Flabellina lotos
Gymnodoris sp. 22
Mnestia sp. 1 a large specimen
Eubranchus sp. 10
Haminoea sp. 12
Haminoea sp. 12
Pteraeolidia semperi
Colpodaspis sp. 1
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Hypselodoris obscura
Tenellia sp. 24
Substrate
The "Grotto"
Onchidoris maugeansis and eggs masses
Onchidoris maugeansis
Goniodoridella savignyi
Myja longicornis
Myja longicornis
Gymnodoris nigricolor
Atys sp. 7 shell
Polycera sp. 1
Polycera sp. 1
Julia exquisita
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Gary never wants to stop!
