Conditions here can be exhilarating when strong currents are present, but even when the waters are calm, Gordon Rocks offers many spectacular marine encounters. This rocky formation is made up of a massive volcanic crater, about 300' across. You can dive on all sides of the crescent shaped rocks on both the inside and the outside. In the center of the crater the depth gets to about 150' but there is a pinnacle that rises up to 65' that makes a home for lobsters, eels and every kind of fish.

Hammerheads wait to greet arriving divers while stingrays and white-tipped sharks sleep on the sandy bottom. In some areas you'll find turtles sleeping around every corner. Between the breaks in the crater walls lie two large pinnacles that rise to 20'. If the currents allow you can park yourself here for a short time to watch for what swims by. Groups of spotted eagle rays, hammerheads and Galapagos shark are not uncommon. Along side the ridge king angelfish feed on sponges on the wall covered with black coral.