Species List: 16-01-2020, Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

15 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 16-01-2020.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Chris of 186 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 26 C water temperature and up to 7 m viz (measured).

The water looked much better than the other day. The viz was measured from a reel at 7 m which was quite nice.....STILL! The beginning of the dive had quite bit of current but very doable. And two Hairy Frogfish and a Stokes Sea Snake!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys sp. shell -1
Doto sp. 3 -3
Doto sp. 6 -11
Facelina sp. 3 -2
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina lotos -1
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniobranchus geometricus -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -14
Hypselodoris jacksoni -1
* Hypselodoris obscura -20
Myja sp. 1 -3
Placida kevinleei -1 (very small!)
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -3
Thuridilla carlsoni -2

Entry

Ready to go

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 1 

Hypselodoris obscura

Placida kevinleei  (very small!)

Thuridilla carlsoni

Substrate

Myja hydroid

Myja sp. 1 

Myja sp. 1 

Hypselodoris jacksoni juvenile

Doto sp. 6

Hypselodoris jacksoni juvenile

Thuridilla carlsoni

Hypselodoris obscura

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1

Goniobranchus geometricus

Flabellina lotos

Goniobranchus daphne

Facelina sp. 3

Goniobranchus daphne

Atys sp. shell

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Shooting mode

Facelina sp. 11

Species List: 14-01-2020, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

11 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 14-01-2020.

A single solo shore entry dive by Gary of 180 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0m, 27 C water temperature and up to 4 m viz.

A king tide and a 2.0 m tidal flow was predicted today so I entered the water 2 hours before high tide only meet the wind head-on. Because of this flow there weren't many nudibranchs to be seen. I did locate the hydroid bunch that contained the Myja animals.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Doto sp. 6 -7
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -12
* Hypselodoris obscura -17
Myja longicornis -4
Myja sp. 1 -3
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Retusa iredaleana shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1

Entry

Substrate

Goniobranchus splendidus

Elysia sp. 11

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Retusa iredaleana shell 

Hypselodoris obscura 

An unusual egg mass rolling down the channel

Myja hydroid bunch

Myja longicornis

Goniodoridella sp. 1 

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniodoridella sp. 1 

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Doto sp. 6 

Doto sp. 6 

Myja sp. 1

Myja longicornis and Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1 cerata

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1 cerata

Myja longicornis cerata

Myja longicornis