Monday, August 29, 2022

Species List: 29-08-2022, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 9 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-08-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 156 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 17.6 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.

Today was a time to get in after Fran and Nevar's dive. Great to see come-back-species! It has been about a year since Siphopteron makisig was seen in the river, it a tiny but there! Yippee! I shot a little sequence of Elysia sp. 17 eating what appeared to be a "nut". Fish Cage is getting back to normal in regards to species and food sources, not so with Rotunda.

Species and number thereof sighted

Bulbaeolidia alba -1 (blew away)
Elysia sp. 17 -2
Eubranchus sp. 24 -1 NEW SPECIES
Murphydoris cobbi -1
Myja sp. 1 -3
Retusa amphizosta shell -1 (blew away)
Siphopteron makisig -1
Thecacera pennigera -7
Unidentia sp. 1 -6 

Early entry

Early exit

Surface

Substrate upon entry

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Substrate

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Yummy hydroids

Elysia sp. 17

Murphydoris cobbi

Siphopteron makisig

Siphopteron makisig

Siphopteron makisig

Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES

Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1 egg mass

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1

Elysia sp. 17

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera and finger

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

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Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES

Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES


Sunday, August 28, 2022

Species List: 28-08-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 5 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 28-08-2022.

A single shore entry dive with Fran and Nevar of 90 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 17 C water temperature, 1 m viz. 

This is a record of a dive they did. Great to see these species come back as well as flatworms!!

Species and number thereof sighted

Elysia sp. 3 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Muphydoris cobbi -3
Thecacera pennigera -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -5

Murphydoris cobbi

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 1

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Flatworms

Elysia sp. 17

Goniodoridella savignyi


Species List: 26-08-2022, Toilet Block to Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 3 species sighted at Toilet Block to Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 26-08-2022.

A single shore entry dive with Kelly-Anne and Tomas of 60 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 18 C water temperature, under 1 m viz. 

This is a record of a dive they did. Lots of fluff in the water column and lots of silt. Great to see these species come back!!

Species and number thereof sighted

Doto sp. 3 -1
Thecacera pennigera -3
Unidentia sp. 1 -2

Doto sp. 3

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Unidentia sp. 1


Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Species List: 17-08-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 2 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 17-08-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 60 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 19 C water temperature, 4 m viz.

A dive was in order after a crappy cold with mind fucking coughing. While gearing up a Dugong was seen in the river just off the shore at Fish Cgae, about 30 people saw it. I happily dived with no coughing until an hour in where my nose filled up with stuff...time to go. I did manage to record 2 species of Murphydoris.

Species and number thereof sighted

Murphydoris cobbi -7
Murphydoris puncticulata -1

Entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris cobbi

Substrate

Nice to see.

Fish Cage

Fish Cage

Murphydoris puncticulata

Coming back...

Substrate