East auzy current dive trip.

Just after the recent clear waters, that these days in SEQ are very rare, the current that was placing clear waters out off and against the SEQ shore line moved in when the north easterly started back up.
This was just as well due the heavy rains subsequent run out from the estuaries dirtying the waters it now needed to take to cooler more plankton friendly waters which is south and out to sea to be processed.
We had very smooth seas with 26c to 25c water temps, 15 to 12 metres vis in close, further out it was 35metres and 27c.

Some storms around but none over us.


Smooth water


Dominoes and latz.


A large pineapple fish


A medium sized cray.


Encrusting coral species.






A small four polyps acan.


Tube worm colony


A colonising anem species, there were millions of this one species.


Algae and fire anem


More of that algae


Algae


Cork screw anem


Heteractis magnifica


Acid rain anems




Xmas tree worm in morphs


Blue whiptail


Red rock cod pics, they are only red nearer to the surface!




Scoli coral


A cute little nudi


The largest of all linkia sea star variations with some bits missing.


Lutescens wrasse eating damsel eggs


Some latz pics






Rose bubble pics of one that is well over 30 yars old.


Akindynos eggs under it.


Pink anem fish in it.


Anem crab deco


Anem crab-porcelain


Anem hermit


Eel skin


Bi coloured dotty back, a nice blue one.


Fan coral


Cal tube on oyster


Snail shell on oyster

I was going to ask you about ritteri anemones. How common are they and how common are the green foot morph there? I saw one on a youtube video the other day and I want one now.

If you mean the magnifica, they were none existent here till recently. Now you will see two on each reef.

Yea, H. magnifica, it'll always be a ritteri to me.