A single shore entry dive by Gary, Jo and David of 183 minutes. Maximum depth 6.5 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 4m viz.
Another river dive after rains was not as bad as I thought with a max of 4 m viz. The water temp has dropped 4 degrees in 4 days! The 2.0 m tidal flow wasn't bad either. The Myja species continues to flourish with healthy hydroid colonies. The sand did not have much to give but another Gymnodoris sp. 25 was recorded.
Before we started gearing up I discovered there was a diesel spill in the river, you see the slick and smell it, maybe from the dredges and sand pumper at the river mouth.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -1
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Facelina bourailli -1
Flabellina lotos -1
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -17
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -1
* Hypselodoris obscura -20
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Myja hyotan -2
Myja sp. 1 -6
Retusa sp. 5 shell -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -2
Weinkauffia reliqua shell -1
Entry
Hard at work
Hypselodoris obscura
Gymnodoris sp. 25
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 pair
Hypselodoris obscura
Thuridilla carlsoni
Tenellia sp. 23
Substrate
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris zephyra
Substrate
Facelina bourailli
Myja sp. 1
Myja hyotan
Elysia sp. 11
Weinkauffia reliqua shell
Flabellina lotos
Myja hyotan
Myja sp. 1
Retusa sp. 5 shell
Atys semistriatus shell
Myja sp. 1
Flatworm
