7 species sighted at Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 14-03-2023.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 330 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 28 C water temperature, up to 6 m viz.
A beautiful day for diving with a 1.2 m tidal flow - bliss. I can smell a nice long dive comin on. I managed to find my first Nudibranch 108 minutes into the dive!! At Bubble Wall I recorded a 110 mm Notobryon wardi, a giant and worth the whole day! Several Golden Hydroid clumps some quite large. The Telegraph Pole hydroid Kabeiro christianae lives were a few and quite large. Finding them is another challenge. A Tenellia sibogae that has a white body and red tipped cerata. Still a super dive!
Species and numbers sighted:
Kabeiro christianae -4
Liloa brevis shell -2
Murphydoris cobbi -4
Myja sp. 1 -many young
Notobryon wardi -1 (110 mm)
Tenellia sibogae -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -4
Entry
Clarity
Surface
Flatworm
Flatworm
Tunicate
This large sweetlip with friends followed me for 5 hours!
Substrate
Who owns this?
Flatworm
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Kabeiro christianae many young
Kabeiro christianae x2
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Substrate
Murphydoris cobbi x2
Kabeiro christianae food source
Murphydoris cobbi
Kabeiro christianae x2
Kabeiro christianae
Substrate
Friend following black sweetlip following me!
Liloa brevis
Substrate
Substrate
Notobryon wardi 110 mm
Notobryon wardi 110 mm
Notobryon wardi rhinophore 110 mm
Notobryon wardi 110 mm
Substrate
Myja sp. 1 many young
Substrate
Liloa brevis
Substrate
Flatworm
Substrate
Tenellia sibogae light style
Tenellia sibogae light style
Murphydoris cobbi
Unidentia sp. 1
Flatworm
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Tenellia sibogae
