The reef at Ernie?s falls away to just over 70m/230ft before hitting sand, and shows good fish life at all depths. One of the main features is a cave in the wall at 51m/170ft, around which there is always a good cluster of Ribbon Sweetlips and Surgeon fish, at least one, and sometimes four different kinds of grouper, some very skittish Blue Spotted Stingrays, and a good chance to find a White Tip Reef Shark either in the cave or resting on a sandy spot just below at 54m/180ft. Should you find yourself drifting west, Monkey Wreck will appear, east, the reef gradually peters out.. Best choice is to head up slope to shallow reef to decompress.
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