COMMENTS & OBSERVATIONS

Talk about desperation! We snorkelled this site on Saturday and viz was not too bad (not great either) for a clean-up event, removing fishing line, hooks and lures. We headed out hoping things would improve as we got further from shore however visibility increased from 0.5m to 1m. Once you went below about 2m you really could not see much at all. We persevered though, spending most of the time in the shallow area over the coral and found one lonely sea slug.  

Taxonomic Diversity:
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Our Historical data:
– We have now completed 7 surveys and recorded 15 species at Grays Bay since our first survey here on 26/04/2023.
– Our most frequently recorded species here are Doriprismatica atromarginata (43%), Hypselodoris roo (43%), Chromodoris lineolata (43%), and Baeolidia variablis (29%);
– This is the first time we have recorded Gymnodoris sp. 26 at this site.
– Our last survey at this site was on 28/02/2024.
(Historical data courtesy of Terry Farr, who extracts it from his comprehensive database.)

– Guide to Symbols:
+++ New Species
+ First time sighted in Whitsundays
# Most commonly sighted at this site with %

TOTAL SPECIES SIGHTED: 1

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