Chevalier Rock

Im süden von Chevalier Island. Zwei Stein pinnacles die von der oberfläche aus gesehen werden können. Mit einem Riff das die beiden verbinded.

Bedingungen: Unter ruhigen bedingungen sind drift tauchgänge möglich, starke flut können die dinge etwas komplizieren

Sichverhältnisse sind gut.

Durschnittliche Tiefe: 20m (66ft) Maximum Tiefe: 34m (113ft)

Heading northwest from the entry point takes you over an extensive field of gorgonian seafans in varying shades of orange, all regimentally standing in rows perpendicular to the wall so as to filter nutrients from the flowing waters.

This configuration continues through a gorge which leads up to 24m (80ft). Fish life here consists mainly of small Checkerboard and Lunar Wrasse, with seafans swaying to and from in the swell as the current passes up and over the wall.

At this depth the south of the rocky structure seems fairly barren, but ascending to a depth of 11m (36ft) brings you to "Maurice Ledge", a rocky plateau, with shelves at varying depths all interconnected by a matrix of slopes, steps and caverns.

This area is much more radiant than the others, and features a high presence and diversity of marine life, plus large patches of orange and yellow encrusting sponges.