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The Pinnacle (Brush Island)

The Pinnacle (Brush Island)

New South Wales, Australia

Depth
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40m

Visibility
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10m - 30m

Entry
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Boat

Experience Level

Advanced

The Pinnacle (Brush Island)

New South Wales, Australia

The Pinnacle (Brush Island)
Depth
Depth Icon

40m

Visibility
Visibility Icon

10m - 30m

Entry
Boat Entry Icon

Boat

Experience Level

Advanced


About The Pinnacle (Brush Island)

Tipped the best site in New South Wales, The Pinnacle is a pleasurable deep location that has enough to offer dived a hundred times over. The base lies at 42m and it comes within 18m of the surface. When its warm, kingfish swim around the peak like eagles circling a ridge. Finding your way through to the bottom of the base through this lot is an incredible experience. At 23m there's a 10m long overhang where troops of big fish and a variety of species, depending on the time of the year, hang out. At the bottom is a small cave full of garden gnomes. Here you will also be able to experience one of the most talked about sponge coral garden in NSW . The only drawback is that it's a bit deep to stay mesmerised with but on your way back around the eastern part there are plenty of nudibranchs. If you ever get time the entire western side is home to a kelp forest and weedy sea dragons! Be aware that your sacrifice on this dive will be the currents those things that bring in all the good stuff you wouldn't be able to have fun on the dive without. They can peak to 6knots so if the surface is acting up best try the dive on another occasion. It's great during winter though in this case the current accommodates but the temp can go down all the way to 12degrees. To get there head south of Ulladulla for about 20km to Brush Island nearby Kioloa. Its 3km out in an that easterly direction on the boat, a bit far so it's not dived often hence the abundance of marine life.

The Pinnacle (Brush Island) Dive Info

Terrain & Features

Cave, Wall

Entry Type

Boat

Max Depth

40m

Visibility Range

10m 30m

Experience Level

Advanced

Best Gas Mix

21% – 28%

O2

13% at 38m / 29%

O2
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Marine Life

  • Aussie Fur Seal
  • Bleakers Blue Devil Fish
  • Blind Sharks
  • Cuttlefish
  • Drummer
  • Eastern Fiddler Ray
  • Eastern Pomfrets
  • Hammerhead Sharks
  • Kingfish
  • Magpie Morwongs
  • None
  • Old Wives
  • Pineapple Fish
  • Port Jackson Shark
  • Sea Whip
  • Wobbegong
  • Yellowtail
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Location

Dive Site Hazards

  • Remote Silt Disturbance — Silt can be disturbed metres away from the source.

  • Rapid Stress Escalation — Stress can increase sharply when visibility or navigation degrades.

  • High Cognitive Load Navigation — Complex passages increase mental workload even on a line.

  • Unstable Visual Ascents — Relying on wall visuals can destabilise ascents.

  • Gradual Depth Creep — Lack of visual bottom reference can cause unnoticed descent.

  • Unsignalled Downcurrents — Downcurrents can form without visible indicators.

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