A magnificent pinnacle in the middle of the Grand Passage, its special feature is an arch over 20 metres high, filled with gigantic gorgonians, and home to many pelagic fish.

search and you will find, hyppocampes bargibenti, nidubranches galore, orang outang spider ....you don’t like macro, it’s not a problem, wide-angle vision assured too, a multitude of pinnacles pierced by arches and small tunnels filled with gorgonians with big ones passing by.

A bucolic walk awaits you, walls of gorgonians, pretty little tunnels, clumps of porite covered in multicoloured Christmas tree worms, black coral, bubble coral, huge clumps of acropora.....

Cross the main plateau and let yourself be carried along by the current, in one direction or the other, depending on the tide. Getting in and out of the water can be tricky with the current. Take a breath and discover pinnacles covered in gorgonians. Turn your head to the blue and let yourself be surprised.

Dive into the blue down to 40m to discover the drop-off to the Poindimié trench, from here a huge chimney opens up allowing you to descend into a majestic cavern opening onto the summit ridge of the trench at 60m, the bottom is still a long way off at over 300m.

Two superb pinnacles at the entrance to the Grande Passe de Poindimié, descend into the blue in search of Bargibenti seahorses and garden eels. Don’t forget to keep your eyes peeled for big pelagics and sharks of all kinds.

A network of deep tunnels and caves filled with gorgonians, lobsters and crustaceans abound. You will need to have some underwater lights and perfect buoyancy

So much diversity that it’s hard to make a choice, wide-angle or macro, there’s something for everyone. Tunnels, arches, gorgonians, pygmy seahorses (hyppocampus bargibanti).

An ideal site for deep technical diving, but also for taking in the sights....descent into the blue to 40M and approaching the drop-off which descends to over 120M....Advanced nitrox training is requested.

Vertigo will charm you with its topography, cracks, tunnels, shafts of light and its anemones. They are everywhere, in every colour and of every type...