South-west Pinnacles
Site ID
Choice: Secondary to primary
Rating: 4 star
Topography: Wide spread and broken granite pinnacles and boulders with patches of hard and soft corals, many sea anemonies and giant fan corals.
Fish Types: Whalesharks, Reef Sharks, Large Groupers
Max Depth: 33 meters
Average Depth: 20 - 25 meters
Current: Slight - moderate
Visibility: Good to very good mostly 10 - 15 meters visibility.
Experience Level: Advanced divers, 2 star divers and deep dive specialized experienced open water divers
Highlights: A good chance to spot leopard sharks.
This amazing site is dominated by one imposing and very beautiful rock. The comparatively small summit which lays just below the surface at 5 meters, from which point the rock formation then cascades down and out, joining the sea floor at a depth of about 30 meters. Smaller pinnacles and crevices spring up from the main rock structure creating some stunning underwater vistas. Here you'll find resident giant groupers, blue ringed angelfish, banner fish and huge shoals of yellow tailed barracuda. Grey reef sharks are also sometimes sighted here as are the majestic whale sharks when in season.
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