Species List: 16-01-2023, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 11 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 16-01-2023.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and Sheryl of 214 minutes. Maximum depth 5.1 m, 26 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.

The tidal flow today was 1.3 m which means with all the silt the vis will be a challenge. OK bring it on! While we were gearing up it rained like hell!! The vis on descent was under a metre but improved as the tide picked up. Lots of silt that's for sure. Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 were out in force. Two come-back-species were recorded today, Niparaya sp. 11 and Polycera melanosticta.

Species and number thereof sighted:

Goniodoridella savignyi 1

Gymnodoris sp. 10 -3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -26

Idaliadoris maugeansis -many young

Murphydoris cobbi -8

Niparaya sp. 11 -1 Come-back-species

Niparaya sp. 32 -1

Polycera melanosticta -1 Come-back-species

Retusa sp. 9 shell -1

Tenellia sp. 24 -1

Tenellia sp. 44 -4

Entry

Clarity

Rain?

Surface

Let's go!

Looking...

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris cobbi

Goniodoridella savignyi

Hi!

Tenellia sp. 44

Shoot

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Substrate

A friend

Polycera melanosticta  Come-back-species

Polycera melanosticta  Come-back-species

Tenellia sp. 44 x2

Tenellia sp. 44 

Polycera melanosticta  Come-back-species

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Idaliadoris maugeansis many young

Looking up

Flatworm

Checkin it all out

Retusa sp. 9

Tenellia sp. 24

A friend

Murphydoris cobbi x2

Niparaya sp. 11  Come-back-species

Flatworm

Substrate

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 x2

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 x2

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 x2

Flatworm

Rainy river

Friend

Squeeze

Selfie?

Tenellia sp. 44

Tenellia sp. 44 x2

Flatworm

Species List: 13-01-2023, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 22 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 13-01-2023.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and Sheryl of 315 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.

Sheryl had a dream so diving we did go. Got in 4 hours before the 12 noon high tide and went 315 minutes. Great dive this one. Two Come-back-species one of them the beloved and dearly missed Hypselodoris obscura recorded from the nose of the Icon.I  checked out the same group of scollop weed and found another Phyllaplysia lafonti, what a face! Once at Rotunda the silty sand had eight Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3. Nice to spend time on the bottom for 3 hours and 15 minutes! 

Ps. Sheryl finally got her Dendrodoris denisoni

Sheryl loved her new 'SiltFins'!

Species and number thereof sighted:

Atys sp. ? shell -1

Dendrodoris arborescens -1

Dendrodoris denisoni -1

Dermatobranchus sp. 16 -2!

Goniodoridella savignyi -3

Gymnodoris sp. 25 -2 Come-back-species

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -8

Haminoea sp. 17 shell -2

Hypselodoris obscura -1 Come-back-species

Idaliadoris maugeansis -many young

Liloa brevis shell -7

Murphydoris cobbi -14

Murphydoris puncticulata -2

Niparaya sp. 1 -1

Niparaya sp. 20 -1

Niparaya sp. 26 -1

Philinopsis speciosa -1

Phyllaplysia lafonti -1

Retusa amphizosta shell -3

Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1

Tenellia sp. 66 -1

Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1

Entry

Clarity

Exit

Ready with 'SiltFins'

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Murphydoris cobbi

Idaliadoris maugeansis many young

Atys sp.

Gymnodoris sp. 25  Come-back-species

Haminoea sp. 17

Niparaya sp. 20

Murphydoris cobbi x2

Flatworm

Substrate

Gymnodoris sp. 25  Come-back-species

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris puncticulata x2

Sheryls dream - Dendrodoris denisoni

Substrate

Sheryl shooting her dream

Flatworm

Philinopsis speciosa 

Phyllaplysia lafonti 

Phyllaplysia lafonti 

'SiltFin' in action!

Dermatobranchus sp. 16

Dermatobranchus sp. 16

Flatworm x2

Tenellia sp. 66 egg mass

Tenellia sp. 66

Flatworm

Substrate

Flatworm

???

Unknown egg mass

Seal Rock

Substrate

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 x2

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Substrate

The Icon

Hypselodoris obscura  Come-back-species

Goniodoridella savignyi

Roxaniella leucampyx 

Dendrodoris arborescens

Tubeworm

Retusa amphizosta

Haminoea sp. 17

Sheryls Frog Fish

Sheryl and her Frog Fish

Sheryls Frog Fish

???

Substrate