Saturday, February 15, 2020

Species List: 15-02-2020, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

10 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 15-02-2020.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, David, Steve, Fran and Nevar of 186 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 27 C water temperature and up to 1-1.5 m viz.

The intrepid dive team decided not to let a little brown run-off river stop them. The brown water was eerie and yet surreal. There was a lot of fluff and weed in the water which basically made this a dive night. Interestingly all the red corals looked dead and the numbers of Nudibranchs has dropped right off. Today's conditions were what everyone else would have said....NO WAY!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Aliculastrum cylindricum shell -1
* Atys sp. shell -3
Cratena lineata -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -3
Haminoea sp. shell -1
Hypselodoris jacksoni -1
* Hypselodoris obscura -3
Niparaya sp. -2
Runcina sp. shell -1
Tornatina apicina -1

Entry

Surface conditions

Making ready

Aliculastrum cylindricum shell

Goniodoridella sp. 1

A Marsian

What the....

Cratena lineata with no cerata

Hypselodoris obscura 

Atys sp. shell

Cratena lineata

Hypselodoris obscura 

Tornatina apicina

Tornatina apicina

Tornatina apicina protoconch

Tornatina apicina

Hypselodoris jacksoni

Hypselodoris obscura 

Atys sp. shell