Shelly Beach Once More

With the temperature starting to drop I thought I would get over to Shelly Beach near Manly one more time. As usual the water was crystal clear and I managed to get a few decent shots.

As always the highlight was the Blue Groper's, I may have gone a little overboard with the amount of photos.

The bay was swarming with little guys too.

A bright Neon Damsel amongst the Mado

As fishing is not allowed within the aquatic reserve, there is a decent population of Bream.

And of course the regulars:

Common Stripey and Mado line up

I liked the reflection of these Indo-Pacific Sergeant's 

Clovelly Once More 30th 10 2015

What can I say I’m a sucker for Clovelly. But I'll let the pictures do the talking ;)

A couple more shots of some Blue Gropers.

Including this popular lady who was being tailed by a school of Mado.

I also finally got a few shots of what I think is a Roundbelly Cowfish. I have run into this little green, horned fellow plenty of times but as they are so quick and flighty I can never seem to get a decent photo.

Found a tiny school of what I think are Juvenile Southern Maori Wrasse along the far wall.

Plenty of decent sized Bream.

This evil looking black fish with a white stripe (I see plenty of these around but have never found out their name).

Edit: These guys are called White Ear's (Parma Microlepis)

A lonely Mado. 

A great bit of stringy blue coral I hadn’t seen before.

This awesome Sea Hare; a type of sea slug named as its large tentacles supposedly look like the ears of a hare. They  are usually pretty tough to spot due to their incredible camouflage, but if they find themselves in danger they can release a purple dye which acts as a smoke screen whilst they glide away.

And my favourite ‘arty’ shot of the day.