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Pixie Pinnacle dive site

The Pixie Pinnacle is a natural cone shaped coral head formed and coral covered 30 meters high and approximately 15 meters in diameter coral head on the Great Barrier Reef located off Cairns and 180 km to the north-east from Port Douglas between the Ribbon Reefs #9 and #10, and it is part of the Great Barrier Reef's Ribbon Reefs. Diving there offers opportunity to watch during the dive some picturesque hard and soft corals and other marine life including gorgonians, sea whips, sponges, anemones, lionfish, fusiliers, trevally, nudibranchs, pipefish, peacock grouper, barracudas, batfish, mackerel, schools of Snapper, moray eels, shrimps, clownfish, cleaner wrasse and more. The Pixie Pinnacle is abundant with various caves, overhangs, holes, dark or overshadowed corners to explore, therefore have a dive torch with you is absolute must.

The dive procedure is usually as following: scuba diver descends spiralling around the pinnacle either to the base of the Pixie Pinnacle or to the desired depth and starts ascending at the same time circling around the pinnacle. As said before, there's much to see during the ascent, you'll be just amazed. Night dive at the Pixie Pinnacle is even more fascinating! Pixie Pinnacle is a small dive, so take your time to enjoy it to the fullest.

Dangers & hazards: Even if this dive site essentially requires no previous experience and a dive, whether night dive or daytime, can't be classified as complicated or dangerous, there's at least one very serious danger there that does exist and which a diver should be aware of all the time. This danger originates from the deadly stonefish, which the Pixie Pinnacle forms habitat for. So, be attentive while walking by feet on the seabed or touching anything by hand.

Dive tour operators: here's a good one that can be reached by phone: 07 4051 3588. Booking Taka liveaboard operated by Taka Dive Adventures can be done by phone: +61 7 4046 7333 (address: 319 Draper St, Cairns Queensland 4870).

The dive site is so popular that you can have practically every dive boat take you there for a dive. Booking constitutes no problem and can be done via any dive tour operator right at the beach. Many divers arrive there to dive by liveaboards.

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