dive number six: shelly beach, manly

just came from a dive trip in shelly beach, our best dive so far. visibility and temperature was good. the weather was perfect as forecasted. we saw eastern blue groupers (as big as half of my body), cuttlefish, squid, rays and two port jackson sharks (a little shorter than me) in addition to the various fishes we've seen (which i can't identify). we also found a wreck motorcycle while going around the area. an underwater digital camera to capture all these would be good...but i think at this point we need to invest in a wetsuit before the underwater camera...

here's a little something about diving in shelly beach which i got from dive centre manly:

"the only beach on the entire east coast of australia to face west, shelly beach occupies a scenic comer of manly's ocean beachfront. white sand and a natural reef of tumbled boulders and rocks descending to a maximum depth of 14 metres have made this one of sydney's premier shore diving sites. the marine life includes regular sightings of wobbegongs and port jackson sharks, huge eastern blue grouper, wrasse, painted shrimps, octopus, cuttlefish, squid, long fin banner fish, globe fish, blennys', and much, much more. for beginners and experienced divers alike an escorted, dive centre manly, shelly beach discovery dive is an experience that will long be remembered."