Shelley Beach (4th May '07)

A beautiful shoal of yellowtail scad

After finding the seahorses at Clifton Gardens we nipped over to Shelley Beach which is on the ocean side of things just south of Manly. Although the bottom was quite featureless and bleak and lacking plants, there were lots of big fish about. We saw several common stingrays and an eagle ray too.

Southern eagle ray

A common stingray makes a sharp exit

A few blue gropers were lurking in the rocks at the edge of the bay and Simon saw a nice shark although it left rather abruptly when he decided to go and pet it! It was probably a young dusky whaler as they are known to hang out just off Shelley Beach.

Silver trevally