Dive at Shelly Beach, Manly, NSW, on 5/8/01 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Shelly Beach, Manly, NSW,

Date

05 August, 2001

Time

11:38am - 12:53pm

Details

Honeycomb rock to Shelly Beach

Seas

Choppy

Visibility

3-5m

Duration

75 minutes

Maximum depth

6.4 m

Average depth

3.0 m

Water temperature

18.7°C

                                       

Tides

Low

3:07am

0.30m

High

9:01am

1.30m

Low

2:33pm

0.50m

High

9:04pm

1.70m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

1

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Keyhole Angelfish

Medium

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Chrysiptera flavipinnis

Yellow-finned Blue Damsel

Medium

1

 

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

Immaculate Damsel

Large

1

 

Pomacentrus coelestis

Blue Damsel

Medium

Few

 

Labridae

 

Diamond Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Anampses elegans

Elegant Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Dusky Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Cleaner Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Medium

1

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

Medium

Few

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Medium

Many

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Balistidae

 

Wedge-tail Triggerfish

Medium

1

  Gastropods

 

Chromodorididae

 

Glossodoris atromarginata

Large

Many

Species Caught

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

 

Fish

 

Labridae

Pearly Wrasse

20

Cleaner Wrasse

50