Saturday 6 December 2014

Nelson Bay Pipe 2/12/2014 Evening dive

Branch stats (name, size, numbers)

Nelson Bay Pipe 2/12/2014, water entered 18:07 hrs for 68 minutes, water temperature extremely cold 20 degrees (cutting dive short), visibility 6 metres

Aphelodoris varia 35 1
Ceratosoma amoenum 25 10
Flabellina rubrolineata 19 3
Goniobranchus splendidus 45 2
Hypselodoris bennetti 18 4
Mexichromis festiva 10 1
Philinopsis lineolata 18 1
Pteraeolidia ianthina 11-200 5

Photos
The is quite some variety in ray species.
Fiddler ray

At the Gold Coast Seaway it is an achievement to spot a decorator crab most of the time. In Nelson Bay at the pipe it would be an achievement not to see them. There are hundreds of them. One decorated itself even with kelp.

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