Gordon’s Drop - 5 Mile Reef

Gordon’s Drop is a flat reef characterized by rocky outcrops interlaced with sandy areas. The section of reef is on the seaward side of 5 Mile Reef. Depths range from approximately 24-26m.

Marine life at this site

The outcrops offers the exciting prospect of sighting rare nudibranchs, lobster, octopus and much more.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Sand Tiger Shark

Carcharias taurus1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus1 obs.

Ringed Goniobranch

Goniobranchus annulatus1 obs.

Gem Sea Slug

Goniobranchus geminus1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata2 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Chromodoris hamiltoni1 obs.