The dive sites

[PH] The pinnacle rises from the sand and never breaks the surface, so the whole dive is spent circling the rock and working gradually shallower. Currents pick up on the corners, which is what keeps the soft coral open and the schooling fish stacked up on the exposed side.

[PH] The sheltered side is the reason this site stays on the schedule when the weather turns — there is almost always one face of the island out of the wind.

[PH] The hull sits upright and the upper decks are shallow enough to give most of the dive a comfortable profile. Penetration is not part of a recreational dive here — the interior has been degrading for years and the briefing treats it as an outside-only wreck.

[PH] Because the wall is vertical, depth is entirely a matter of where you choose to swim — the same dive works as a shallow drift along the top or a deeper run along the face. The overhangs hold nudibranchs and the occasional seahorse.

[PH] The boulders are stacked rather than joined, so the site is a series of gaps and channels rather than a single reef. It is exposed on every side and the current decides the dive plan more than the map does.

[PH] The interesting structure starts where a recreational profile ends, which is why this is run as a staged decompression dive rather than a deep single-tank one.