Johnny's Gorge

Deep rocky gorge with abundant sharks, rays, and fish.

Boat Access
24m Avg Depth
26m Max Depth

About this dive site

This dive site, known as Johnny's Gorge, offers a unique underwater experience. The area features low-lying rocky outcrops rising from the seabed at a depth of 26 meters (85 feet). These formations are surrounded by sand and provide shelter to a diverse array of marine life. Expect to encounter small angelfish, anemonefish, and schools of mackerels, barracudas, trevallies, bumphead parrotfish, surgeonfish, and snappers. Furthermore, this location is renowned for its larger inhabitants, including reef sharks, giant groupers, large stingrays, and occasionally visiting manta and eagle rays. Due to the abundance of marine life and varied terrain, Johnny’s Gorge is a consistently active dive site – expect a lively experience! The depth ranges from 26 meters.

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Site Ratings

Big Marine Life Excellent
Macro Marine Life Good
Landscape Quality Very Good
Water Visibility Very Good Viz

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Plan Your Visit

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Marine Life

  • Dolphin Dolphin
  • Southern Eagle Ray Southern Eagle Ray
  • Reef Manta Ray Reef Manta Ray
  • Southern Stingray Southern Stingray
  • Anemonefish Anemonefish
  • Pufferfish Pufferfish
  • Sweetlip Sweetlip
  • Trevally Trevally
  • Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
  • Snapper Snapper
  • Grouper Grouper
  • Nurse Shark Nurse Shark
  • Barracuda Barracuda
  • Surgeonfish Surgeonfish
  • Scorpionfish Scorpionfish
  • Guitarfish Guitarfish
  • Reef Shark Reef Shark
  • French Angelfish French Angelfish
  • Giant Moray Giant Moray
  • Turtle Turtle
  • Common Lionfish Common Lionfish
  • Bumphead Parrotfish Bumphead Parrotfish

Things to Note

Difficulty:

Advanced

Depth of 26 meters is beyond beginner limits and potential for currents.

Hazards:
depthcurrentmarine lifeboat traffic
Current Strength:

Variable

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