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April 1, 2024
06:04 PM ACDT
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March 7, 2024
07:13 PM ACDT
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January 15, 2024
03:22 AM ACDT
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January 2, 2024
09:03 PM ACDT
Description
Another example from this snorkel.
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December 28, 2023
11:46 PM ACDT
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December 24, 2023
04:55 PM ACDT
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November 2, 2023
01:26 AM ACDT
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November 13, 2023
03:45 PM ACDT
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November 13, 2023
03:45 PM ACDT
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November 10, 2023
07:59 PM ACDT
Description
A pearl oyster and spiny ornamentation resembles
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Pinctada radiata
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P. imbricata
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pale form of Pinctada margaritifera
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P. fucata
Whether or not is is any of these species, or a related species, it is not known to be native to South Australia, and is likely an introduced species, from either the tropical Indo-Pacific, subtropical Australia , or the Mediterranean (NB the latter is included as possible, given the location next to an international shipping port).
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November 1, 2023
08:56 PM ACDT
Description
Volute ?
Low tide at Aldinga Reef
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October 4, 2022
07:30 AM ACDT
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October 10, 2023
01:54 PM ACDT
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October 2, 2023
07:09 PM ACDT
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October 2, 2023
07:09 PM ACDT
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September 30, 2023
11:29 PM ACST
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September 30, 2023
10:35 AM UTC
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September 20, 2023
04:18 PM ACST
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September 16, 2023
12:16 PM ACST
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July 30, 2023
09:28 AM CEST
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September 2, 2023
09:47 PM ACST
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August 29, 2023
12:38 AM ACST
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August 29, 2023
12:38 AM ACST
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June 11, 2022
07:07 PM ACST
Description
Attracted to beach shack porch light at night.
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June 8, 2023
05:13 AM ACST
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May 3, 2023
11:27 PM ACST
What
Snook
(Sphyraena novaehollandiae)
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March 16, 2023
01:04 AM ACDT
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March 12, 2023
11:38 PM ACDT
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March 12, 2023
11:38 PM ACDT
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March 5, 2023
04:44 PM ACDT
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February 16, 2023
06:23 PM ACDT
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February 13, 2023
01:44 PM ACDT
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February 11, 2023
01:26 PM ACDT
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February 8, 2023
12:40 AM ACDT
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February 5, 2023
09:49 PM ACDT
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January 27, 2023
07:16 PM ACDT
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January 27, 2023
07:16 PM ACDT
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January 27, 2023
07:16 PM ACDT
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January 27, 2023
07:16 PM ACDT
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October 16, 2022
05:33 PM ACDT
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January 21, 2023
10:34 PM ACDT
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January 21, 2023
10:34 PM ACDT
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January 20, 2023
06:56 AM UTC
Description
Breathtaking expecting mother Argonaut Nautilus I found when walking around the sandbar. I didn’t quite realise what it was until I picked it up, realised she had a clutch of eggs so I gently put her back in her home (but not before snapping this pic and a short clip). I had no idea these weren’t actually real Nautilus, but in fact octopus who masquerade as them. The shell was magnificent to behold. A once in a lifetime experience!
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January 15, 2023
09:31 PM AEDT
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January 14, 2023
11:13 PM ACDT
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January 13, 2023
11:20 AM ACDT
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January 13, 2023
11:20 AM ACDT
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January 9, 2023
01:23 PM AWST
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January 2, 2023
06:07 AM IST
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December 29, 2022
10:20 PM ACDT
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December 29, 2022
01:30 PM ACDT
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December 25, 2022
09:35 AM AEDT
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December 19, 2022
10:02 PM ACDT
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December 20, 2022
12:07 AM ACDT
Description
Apparently these wrasse are fond of shrimp for morning tea too! Didn't get to see this particular shrimp for long enough to try and ID it beyond that it appears to also be a pistol shrimp. c.f. 144661419 and 144661420.
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December 12, 2022
09:32 AM AEDT
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December 11, 2022
12:18 PM ACDT
Description
Cropped from previous observation's image.
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November 26, 2022
08:54 PM ACDT
Description
Carijoa cf. multiflora - Young colony
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November 11, 2022
07:41 PM ACDT
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October 25, 2022
05:48 PM ACDT
Description
Aggregation under the old Jetty.
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September 30, 2022
08:12 AM AEST
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September 30, 2022
12:45 AM ACST
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September 30, 2022
12:45 AM ACST
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September 30, 2022
12:45 AM ACST
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September 27, 2022
07:46 PM ACST
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September 23, 2022
05:23 PM ACST
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September 15, 2022
02:26 PM ACST
Description
A slightly more advanced colony of green coral.
Numerous colonies-most very small-seen throughout this roughly 1 hour shallow subtidal snorkel at low tide, with incoming tide towards end.
(FTR I also note the Rockpool Shrimp on this coral on RHS)
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September 13, 2022
06:51 PM ACST
Description
Goniobranchus cf. tinctorius
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September 13, 2022
06:51 PM ACST
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September 13, 2022
06:51 PM ACST
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September 11, 2022
10:40 PM ACST
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September 7, 2022
10:31 AM ACST
Description
Another example from this dive
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September 5, 2022
03:43 PM AEST
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August 29, 2022
01:33 AM ACST
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September 10, 2021
03:51 PM ACST
Description
The clear encrusting ascidian. Probably Diplosoma
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July 30, 2022
06:48 PM ACST
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February 5, 2022
06:35 PM ACDT
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July 8, 2022
02:54 PM ACST
Description
Large specimen early in this dive.
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July 3, 2022
08:48 PM AEST
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June 29, 2022
09:29 PM AEST
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June 18, 2022
03:23 PM ACST
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June 9, 2022
09:10 PM AEST
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May 17, 2022
05:20 PM ACST
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May 11, 2022
12:49 AM UTC
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April 5, 2022
09:52 PM ACST
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March 7, 2022
02:12 AM UTC
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January 19, 2022
08:19 PM ACDT
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September 30, 2019
05:14 PM ACST
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March 1, 2022
10:56 PM ACDT
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January 5, 2022
12:46 PM UTC
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February 13, 2022
03:50 PM ACDT
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January 22, 2022
11:09 PM ACDT
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January 15, 2022
11:09 AM ACDT
Description
There were about 50, all adults, aggregated in this wide open channel on a rising tide with moderate onshore winds but swell below half a metre. Mediocre to poor visibility between sets. Maximum horizontal visibility about 4 metres. Still an interesting (and easy access) shore based snorkel. (As an aside, One usually sees banded as well as sea sweep at this location but on this day I saw only a few immature sea sweep. )
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January 11, 2022
08:39 PM ACDT
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January 11, 2022
08:39 PM ACDT
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December 29, 2021
01:10 PM AEDT
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December 29, 2021
05:52 PM ACDT
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December 6, 2021
08:13 AM ACDT
Description
Only the one seen on this dive.
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November 29, 2021
12:46 PM ACDT
Description
At rest at the limestone base of the seagrass scarp which forms the outer edge of Syngnathid Hotspot.
(FTR the term Syngnathid Hotspot is a colloquial one that arose decades ago when the location was usually teeming with a good variety of inshore pipefish species. Back then the large expanse of sandy substrate had many small outlier clumps of seagrass, including Posidonia, Amphibolis and zostera, which is where you could always find the majority of species. Over the last few decades and especially the last few years the outlier plants have become very scarce and often completely absent (with some seasonality as expected, for the first decade or so of decline, but now seemingly perennial absence for several years. This seagrass recession is as or more obvious when diving or snorkeling there, when looking at the edges of the dense meadows along the outer edges. These were once only mildly delineated from the outliers in the sandy parts towards the shallowest subtidal. Now there is a large scarp wherever the outer meadows terminate. The scarp is mostly at least one metre high, in places roughly 1.5 metres. Clearly anthropogenic in the main. Foreshore runoff and the nearby Bungala River outflows are responsible.
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November 24, 2021
01:35 PM ACDT
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November 24, 2021
06:43 PM ACDT
Description
Subject is the fish resting in the nachos shape sponge. It is a WCC cleaning station, rarely seen unoccupied by one or other clients. Some of the other fish in the 1st image are likely to be waiting their turn for parasite removal.