Located on the eastern side of the atoll, close to the water entry point to the world famous RIP. Can be current prone so not usually one for novice divers. If current is running we may swim away for the boat for 45 minutes, then swim up and out into the blue and then drift back to the boat for a mid water safety

World famous “The Rip“ Located at the southern tip of Direction Island. Due to the possible strong incoming current, usually only experienced as a snorkel dive. Occasionally with a northern swell entering the lagoon the inward flow may diminish allowing the site to be experienced on scuba.

Popular dive tucked in on the eastern side of the southern atoll near Prison Island. Summer moths dive site or an option for protected dive site during southerly winds.

Perfect first dive for our Cocos Dive Open Water Student. Sandy bottom with reef for the new diver to explore. Easy navigation, clean water, and marine life. Lots of branching corals.

Broccoli Patch is a great dive site for new and not yet qualified divers. Easy descent from the boat to a 5m sandy bottom. Slow ascend to 3m then drop down slowly to 9m. A perfect location for dive students working on their buoyancy skills.

Easy dive site for new and not yet qualified divers. Descend to the 8m bottom. Explore the reef and rubble-filled bottom out towards the drop-off. Then work on those navigation skills on the return to the dive boat.

For many years this was a manta cleaning station. For some unknown reason, the mantas no longer use this site. It is a popular training site for new divers. Keep it in your log book however most likely to dive the new cleaning station.

Popular snorkel site close to Direction Island. Local mantas favor this site for their regular cleaning. Two small coral outcrops at 9m home for the cleaning wrasse needed for this vital service.

Royal Dalton. Amazing old large plate corals, some no longer with us. Now look for the new growth replacing what was previous. Enjoy three ways: Slip down the wall to 22m and look up into the corals above you. As you run out of bottom time get close, then drift back to the boat mid water.

Easy afternoon dive site after a relaxing lunch on Direction Island. Kat our resident dugong is sighted regularly here. Also a favourite location for dolphins and mantas entering or leaving the lagoon.