Cabbage Tree Bay Snorkel Pictures

Cabbage Tree Bay/Fairy Bower is a marine reserve between Manly and Shelly beaches. When the water is calm, the snorkelling here is outstanding -- one of the best places in Sydney. There is no limit to what you can expect to see. When the water is not calm, then it is best to take the short walk to the harbour side, and try the Manly wharf shark net, Delwood Beach, Fairlight beach, or Little Manly.

One warning to beginning snorkellers: don't go here if you're afraid of sharks! It is not unusual to see sharks here, though they are usually small (like dusky whalers) or non-agressive (like wobbegongs).

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File	Identification
	maori wrasse
	female blue groper
	silver batfish
	sergeant baker
	spotted wobbegong shark
	sergeant major
	mados
	juvenile girdled scalyfin
	male blue groper
	old wife
	sparsely spotted stingaree
	dusky whaler shark
	squid
	sawtail surgeonfish
	leatherjacket
	red morwong
	butterfly fish
	squid
	?
	luderick
	estuary catfish
	leatherjacket
	silver batfish
	?
	goatfish
	female blue groper
	?
	female blue groper
	spotted wobbegong shark
	?
	pygmy leatherjacket
	mados
	dusky butterflyfish
	male blue groper
	?
	?
	sparsely spotted stingaree
	silver bream

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