Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Species List: 05-10-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 4 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 05-10-2022.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 83 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 20 C water temperature, 4 m viz.

This afternoon dive aborted because the pee valve was pinched, ouch! The dive was very distracting and hard to concentrate! I enjoyed the fact that the first species was Siphopteron makisig. One bubble shell but in the 1.7m tidal flow it blew away before I could get the camera into place. Lophodoris sp. 1 was another good find.

Species and number thereof sighted:

Lophodoris sp. 1 -1
Murphydoris cobbi -10
Siphopteron makisig -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1

Overcast rainy entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate on descent

Substrate

Siphopteron makisig

Siphopteron makisig

Siphopteron makisig

Murphydoris cobbi 

Lophodoris sp. 1

Murphydoris cobbi mating pair

Substrate