On Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:55 PM, Poe Lim wrote:

> The forecast said strong Westerlies and South-westerlies; not one that
like
> a rough boat ride, but needing to re-test both Cynthia and my weighing due
> to a change from the usual Al80 to steel Faber 12.2 (about a 100), we
> decided to dive Shelly, and perhaps catch up with Strike (we didn't see
him
> this morning).

Conditions were so good that we took ourselves off to Harbord and dived
around the point.  Apart from several rays lying in the sand, easten blue
groupers and several schools of sea-pike and yellowtails the most
outstanding critter was a cat shark seemingly intent on eating an urchin.

There are several swim-throughs and walls covered with sea-tulips.  (While
the fish life - to my way of thinking - is less dramatic and varied than at
Shelly, it's compensated for by the soft corals and an enormous variety of
ascidians.)

Visibility was deceptive.  From the surface it was possible to make out  the
rock and sand lines but underwater it was hazy and 'gloomy' that reduced
visibility to about 20-metres!  :-)

Strike