東果洲

簡介

📍 概況：果洲群島東面外海島嶼，屬世界地質公園範圍，以約 1.4 億年前火山活動形成的六角形流紋岩柱聞名，距西貢碼頭船程約 1 小時。 🤿 環境：水深 5-20m+，岩柱與大石塊由淺水延伸至深水，水質較內灣清澈，但直面外海湧浪。 🐠 生態：石縫中可尋找星斑二列鰓海蛞蝓、金紫多彩海蛞蝓等彩色海蛞蝓，水層有群游魚類。 ⚠️ 須知：外海流強且多變，僅限 AOW 或經驗豐富者；須船潛前往並必備 SMB，出發前留意天氣及湧浪預報。

📍 Overview: Eastern offshore island of the Ninepin Group within the UNESCO Global Geopark, famous for hexagonal rhyolite columns formed by volcanic activity about 140 million years ago; about 1 hour by boat from Sai Kung. 🤿 Conditions: 5-20m+ deep. Rock columns and boulders run from the shallows into deep water; clearer than inshore sites but fully exposed to open-sea swell. 🐠 Ecology: Crevices hide colourful nudibranchs such as Bornella stellifer and gold-and-purple Goniobranchus, with schooling fish in the water column. ⚠️ Note: Strong, changeable currents. AOW or experienced divers only; boat access with mandatory SMB. Check weather and swell forecasts before departure.