18 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 13-04-2023.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 300 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 24 C water temperature, up to 10+ m viz.
Get in after the Easter bash! Got in a 1.1 m tidal 'slow' one metre viz and as the current picked up (little) the viz got better and better Wow!
Halfway thru the dive I almost head butted a large (200 mm) Cuttlefish. So nice to see again! Because the tidal flow was so low there were lots of animals crawling over the smooth silt covering. Seeing Colpodaspis sp. 1 in numbers was super. Five Come-back-species! Another great outing in the best river in the World!
Species and numbers sighted:
Atys semistriatus shell -1
Colpodaspis sp. 1 -13 Come-back-species
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Doto sp. 3 -20
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Facelina sp. 14 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1 Come-back-species
Kaloplocamus peludo -2 Come-back-species
Liloa brevis shell -3
Murphydoris cobbi -60
Niparaya sp. 11 -3
Niparaya sp. 21 -1 Come-back-species
Plocamopherus ceylonicus -1 Come-back-species
Retusa amphizosta shell -2
Tenellia sibogae -1
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -14
Unidentia sp. 3 -7
Sunny entry
Clarity
Exit
Surface
Substrate upon descent just after low tide
Fish Cage just after low tide
Apple Watch Ultra
G3
Murphydoris cobbi
Kaloplocamus peludo
Niparaya sp. 11
Unidentia sp. 1
Murphydoris cobbi x3
Gymnodoris sp. 17 Come-back-species
Goniodoridella savignyi
Colpodaspis sp. 1 Come-back-species
Facelina sp. 11
Niparaya sp. 11
Niparaya sp. 11
Murphydoris cobbi
Facelina sp. 14
Facelina sp. 14
Tenellia sp. 47
Substrate
Plocamopherus ceylonicus Come-back-species
Apple Watch Ultra
Colpodaspis sp. 1 x2 Come-back-species
Ornamental Fish Cage
Niparaya sp. 21 Come-back-species
New Apple Ultra
Colpodaspis sp. 1 Come-back-species
Red Coral come back
New Apple Ultra
Magical Substrate
Flatworm
Murphydoris cobbi
Doto sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 3
Tenellia sibogae
Colpodaspis sp. 1 Come-back-species
Dendrodoris denisoni
New Apple Ultra
Substrate
Murphydoris cobbi
Murphydoris cobbi x2
Doto sp. 3 x2
WOW a large Flamboyant Cuttlefish
WOW a large Flamboyant Cuttlefish
WOW a large Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Doto sp. 3
Seal Rock
Doto sp. 3
Atys semistriatus
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1 x2
Unidentia sp. 1
Liloa brevis
the Icon
Top of Big Rock
Retusa amphizosta
Golden Hydroid is a vain
Try the float off to check out the marker
Channel marker
Facelina sp. 11
Stirring it up!
Who dumped that!
Magical Substrate
Near the end
After the dive
