Pixie Pinnacle
Conditions & tides
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About this site
Pixie Pinnacle is a small isolated bommie on the Ribbon Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. It rises from thirty metres to just below the surface, so divers get a cross-section of reef environments as they spiral up it.
The pinnacle is draped in soft corals and heaving with fish. Schools of barracuda and trevally gather around it, and anthias, nudibranchs, pipefish, lionfish, mantis shrimp, stonefish and octopus turn up among the corals. Look for the flame file clam, which flashes a pulsing light along its mantle.
The pinnacle can get strong currents on certain tides.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Common LionfishPterois volitansReported here · unconfirmed
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusReported here · unconfirmed
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinosReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Mantis shrimpMantis shrimpReported here · unconfirmed
StonefishStonefishReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
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