Gordon’s Drop - 5 Mile Reef
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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.
The outcrops offers the exciting prospect of sighting rare nudibranchs, lobster, octopus and much more.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
13 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
9 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
6 Sightings
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Loggerhead Turtle
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
2 Sightings
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Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
1 Sightings
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Alamy-National Geographic Creative
Leatherback Turtle
1 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
1 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
1 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
1 Sightings
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