13 species sighted at Fish Cage to Point Rock and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 13-03-2025.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 119 minutes, 1.0 m, maximum depth 4.8 m, 27 C water temperature, 1 m+ viz.
After lots of rain it finally stopped and after it stopped the was no ambient light on the bottom. On the third day there was and this dive was the fourth. Just before 2 hours the water got near zero viz and dark, time to go. There were lots of Nudibranchs! One Murphydoris cobbi was to be seen and no Hypselodoris obscura were to be found! Great to see Dermatobranchus sp. 15 again. There was a huge debris field after Big Rock. Turn around time has come...
All in all river bottom is ok.
Species and numbers recorded:
Coryphellina lotos -45+
Cratena pawarshindeorum -150+
Dermatobranchus sp. 15 -2
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Goniobranchus daphne -18
Goniobranchus setoensis -1
Goniobranchus sp. 13 -1
Goniobranchus variatus -2
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Murphydoris cobbi -1
Tenellia sibogae -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -7
Unidentia sp. 14 -5
Clarity
Surface
Coryphellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Unidentia sp. 1
The float
Coryphellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Goniobranchus setoensis
Coryphellina lotos
Unknown spawn
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Goniobranchus variatus
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Goniobranchus daphne
Gothum City
Whodat?
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Unidentia sp. 14
Murphydoris cobbi
Eubranchus sp. 10
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Goniobranchus variatus
Goniobranchus sp. 13
Unidentia sp. 1
Dermatobranchus sp. 15
Dermatobranchus sp. 15
Substrate
The debris field
