Caits Reef

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.

Marine life at this site

Keep watch for the resident Black Tip Reef Sharks, convict surgeons, parrot fish, plenty of branching coral. Bumphead parrot fish.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora2 obs.

Chain-link Brittle Star

Ophiomastix annulosa2 obs.

Søstjerne

Ophidiaster granifer2 obs.

Slangestjerne

Ophiocoma2 obs.

Pleated Nerite

Nerita plicata2 obs.

Small Giant Clam

Tridacna maxima2 obs.

The Darkened Cone

Conus imperialis1 obs.

Kernel Cowry

Nucleolaria nucleus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nassarius1 obs.

Slangestjerne

Ophiocoma erinaceus1 obs.

Giant Triton Shell

Charonia tritonis1 obs.

Leopard Cone

Conus leopardus1 obs.

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster

Panulirus penicillatus1 obs.

Blood-stained Cone

Conus sanguinolentus1 obs.

Flag Cone

Conus vexillum1 obs.

Musling

Lucinidae1 obs.

Brownfish

Actinopyga echinites1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus1 obs.

Flea-bitten Cone

Conus pulicarius1 obs.

Snake Sea Cucumber

Synapta maculata1 obs.

Ivory Cone

Conus eburneus1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Isopoda1 obs.

Mile Cone

Conus miles1 obs.