Additional Notes

Diving with sharks at Manly SEA LIFE Sanctuary, Sydney, is an exhilarating experience, and one of only a few experiences worldwide where you're guaranteed an underwater encounter with sharks. Our colony of Grey Nurse Sharks range in size from 1 to 3 metres, and when you do your shark dive with us, you get to enter their domain - without cages!

Grey Nurse Sharks are highly endangered on the east coast of Australia, with recent estimates putting the figure at less than 500 along the entire coastline. Grey Nurse Sharks were hunted to near extinction last century, mainly because of their fearsome appearance, which lead to them wrongly being labeled as man-eaters.

The reality is that Grey Nurse Sharks are fish eaters, and their rows of thin, sharp protruding teeth are perfectly designed for grabbing slippery fish. Unlike species such as Great White Sharks and Tiger Sharks, Grey Nurse Sharks are unable to tear flesh with their teeth, meaning larger prey items that don't fit in their mouth in one go are well and truly off the menu.

Grey Nurse Sharks are the perfect shark for diving with; big enough to provide the 'wow factor' of being up close to a large shark in its own environment, but passive enough to ensure your encounter is an entirely safe one.
Also in the tank during your shark dive at Manly SEA LIFE Sanctuary are huge turtles, massive stingrays (and we mean MASSIVE), along with hundreds of fish and other species of smaller sharks and rays.