Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - The Monuments - 2020 Photos
Over three days in April 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis, I dived three times at The Monument at Kurnell. The first dive was on 24 April 2020 and was so good, we decided to dive the next day and then the next. All three dives had 15 plus metres visibility and warm 20C water. We saw so many things. Below are photos of some of the things we saw.
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Variable Aphelodoris - Aphelodoris varia | |
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Chrysanthemum Neodoris - Neodoris chrysoderma | Purple-lined Nembrotha - Nembrotha lineolata |
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Loring's Chromodoris - Chromodoris loringi | Coryphellina poenicia - formerly Flabellina poenicia |
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| Bennetts Hypselodoris - Hypselodoris bennetti |
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Bennetts Hypselodoris - Hypselodoris bennetti | |
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Purple dragon/Serpent Pteraeolodia - Pteraeolodia ianthina | Pink okenia with eggs - Okenia atkinsonorum |
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Sulphur Noumea - Noumea sulphurea | Opera House Nudi - Made-up Phyllodesmium - Phyllodesmium serratum |
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Blue-spotted Elysia - Elysia sp | Orange-spotted Gymnodoris - Gymnodoris alba |
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White-lined Cratena - Cratena lineata (?) | Patchwork Tritonia - Tritonia sp. These live on soft corals which they mimic |
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| Marbled Chromodoris - Chromodoris (?) |
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Pygmy pipehorse | Very small pygmy pipehorse |
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Sea dragon | Another sea dragon, note different markings on snout |
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Bare Island anglerfish - | Bare Island anglerfish - |
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Bare Island anglerfish | Small orange painted anglerfish |
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Black painted anglerfish | Tiny pink anglerfish, unknown species |
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A clingfish with eggs on a sea weed | Bubble shell |
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A very beautiful sea spider | Swimming anemone |
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Pink-mouthed egg cowrie - Ovula costellata | Sponge isopods |
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Mysticoncha wilsonae - a snail | A large green turtle Seen a few days after the rest of these species |
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