Admiralty Anchor (Osprey Reef)

A wall site on Osprey Reef's western edge named for a centuries old admiralty pattern anchor wedged inside a narrow cave passage at around 20 m. The coral terrace at 8 to 15 m steps off into a vertical wall that vanishes into more than 1,000 m of indigo Coral Sea water. Nutrient rich currents rise against the structure and pull in grey reef and whitetip sharks, schools of midnight snapper, red tail wrasses, and lyretail hogfish; eagle rays and the occasional dwarf nautilus drift past the deeper edges. Visibility routinely tops 60 m and can exceed 80 m from September to November when the trade winds drop.