Scuba , free diving and low tide walks in SEQ for September and October 2019

Sunrise/sunsets














Ocean pics
 



























Visibility pics










Algae pics  






















Coral species
























leather corals with flat worms




flat worms removed




egg cowries eating leather coral




damage to leather coral from egg cowrie


coral affected by fishing line

coral cleared of that line






coral with silt on it


cleared before it begins to die


goni like coral


close up of that coral


two corals fighting for space




two examples of variations of acans living together


























Crustaceans and molluscs
oyster
 

close up of the oysters eyes/sensors and filter feeding tendrils




one of those crays in need of  shed














Eels and octopus and turtles

 
Fish and shark species


akindynos clown fish and its eggs






file/triggor fish hiding/blending in


close up




lunula, not volitans lion fish




stone fish pics


closer


not happy, ready to bite










Nudibranch and sea stars  
















nudi eggs








Shells and shellfish

cowrie



   
Tube worms    








Tunicates    










sea cucumber feeding


sponges






urchins      
deco urchins covered them selves with rocks