Dive report: Te Matuku Marine Reserve, Passage Rock

20m North East of Passage Rock
10 Jan, 2022, 12:30pm
High Tide 1:40 pm

Red-billed gulls breeding and Reef heron fishing on Passage Rock.

75m transect
35minutes
Current low
Vis 2m
Depth 5m
Substrate: Rocks and sand => Gravel => Mud
Epibenthic fauna dominated by Mediterranean fanworm and pleated tunicate barring a nice patch of White-striped anemone.
Mud was soft and deep, I put my hand in seven times. Green lipped mussel shell four times at 25cm, scallop twice at 10-15cm, one plunge found no shell.

Nice to find a fisher parked by my boat when I surfaced to check I wasn't fishing in the marine reserve :D

Posted on Ιανουάριος 10, 2022 0833 ΜΜ by shaun-lee