Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Species List: 30-06-2025, Bubble Wall, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 6 species sighted at Bubble Wall, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 30-06-2025.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 53 minutes, 1.2 m, maximum depth 4.5 m, 20 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.

A rainy cool day today! Water temp 20C the coolest this year so far. Fishermen chasing Garfish, no fun for me so I stayed out of the way worrying the whole time and collected Cratena specimans. Clear water was quite nice.

Species and numbers recorded:

Coryphellina lotos -2
Coryphellina pseudolotos -1
Cratena pawarshindeorum -80+
Liloa brevis shell -2
Murphydoris cobbi -3
Rostanga sp. 1 -4
Entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Liloa brevis

Approaching Bubble Wall

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Substrate

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Bubble Wall

Coryphellina pseudolotos

Cratena pawarshindeorum 

Cratena pawarshindeorum 

Rostanga sp. 1 spawn

Murphydoris cobbi 

Murphydoris cobbi 

Coryphellina lotos

Rostanga sp. 1

Coryphellina lotos

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Rostanga sp. 1 x2

Rostanga sp. 1

Rostanga sp. 1

Rain after surfacing