3 species sighted at Fish Cage and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 30-04-2025.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 48 minutes, 1.4 m, maximum depth 4.8 m, 24 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.
The river has cleared up nicely after a big rain and runoff. I received a new BCD so I thought I would do a little dive to test it out, it was very nice! This dive was short but I saw hundreds and hundreds of Murphydoris cobbi and Cratena pawarshindeorum. Yes there were so many and so many egg masses. I can only imagine the hydroids will be all eaten very soon. The Fish Cage is now completely buried!
Species and numbers recorded:
Coryphellina lotos -5
Cratena pawarshindeorum -hundreds and hundreds
Murphydoris cobbi -hundreds and hundreds
GoPro drop before dive
Clarity
Early
Surface
Substrate upon descent
Murphydoris cobbi x2
The Pipe
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Float
Gothum City
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Murphydoris cobbi
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Coryphellina lotos and Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Murphydoris cobbi party
Murphydoris cobbi mating pair
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
Coryphellina lotos
Coryphellina lotos
Substrate
Cratena pawarshindeorum party
Sand waves
Gothum City
Sand waves
Damaged Cratena pawarshindeorum
Damaged Cratena pawarshindeorum
