Pixie Pinnacle
Depth is the range from the top of the site to its usual maximum; "recommended cert" is the mainstream-agency level operators usually ask for, not a legal rule. Currents and visibility change daily — treat everything here as planning ranges.
Pixie Pinnacle packs a wall dive's worth of decoration onto a column you can circle in minutes. Gorgonian fans and soft corals crowd the flanks, clouds of glassfish smoke around the ledges with lionfish gliding through them at hunting speed, and anemones stud the tower from base to tip. The game is to ascend in slow loops, torch into every crevice: flatworms, shrimp, pipefish, and nudibranchs reward the patient. Near the top, fairy basslets shimmer over the coral in the last of the light, making the safety stop the prettiest three minutes of the day.
The moment you come for: Glassfish clouds with hunting lionfish, gorgonian-covered flanks, superb crevice life on one tower
Topography: Slender coral tower near the Ribbon Reef No. 10 pass, base around 30 m
Current: Sheltered enough for an easy ascent profile on most days.
Know before you splash
Hazards: Easy to sink deeper than planned off the base; watch the gauge while circling.
Nitrox: Worth it here — profiles sit in the range where enriched air meaningfully extends no-stop time (with the training to use it).
Who you'll meet
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Lionfish
Nudibranchs
Whitetip Reef Shark
For photographers
Wide angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★★★☆ — editors' 1–5 rating of what this site gives each style of shooting