Vertical Wall

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What you'll see (22)

Orangefin AnemonefishAmphiprion chrysopterusseen 33× near here

Pink Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion perideraionseen 22× near here

Three-band AnemonefishAmphiprion tricinctusseen 19× near here

Dark Red-spined Brittle StarOphiothrix purpureaseen 14× near here

Twisted Dwarf TritonColubraria tortuosaseen 13× near here

golden cowrieCallistocypraea aurantiumseen 12× near here

Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriseen 11× near here

Maria's CowryAnnepona mariaeseen 11× near here

Pillow Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineaeseen 10× near here

three-angled murexNaquetia triqueterseen 10× near here

Spotted ParrotfishCetoscarus ocellatusseen 9× near here

Clown TriggerfishBalistoides conspicillumseen 9× near here

Reef StonefishSynanceia verrucosaseen 8× near here

Tiger CowrieCypraea tigrisseen 8× near here

Masked GrouperGracila albomarginataseen 8× near here

Elisabeth's ChromodorisChromodoris elisabethinaseen 8× near here

Flame AngelfishCentropyge loriculusseen 8× near here

Vexillum unifascialeseen 8× near here

Vermetid Worm SnailCeraesignum maximumseen 8× near here

Vexillum crocatumseen 8× near here

Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinosseen 7× near here

rhomboid wrasseCirrhilabrus rhomboidalisseen 7× near here

Planning a trip

8–13 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

7,110km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 19 dive sites within 25km, enough for several days of diving.

When people dive it

Busiest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

From 8,233 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

70% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~21h 45m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightMajuro (MAJ)~12h 30mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~6h 45mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatVertical Wall~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Vertical Wall on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Majuro

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Island: Kwajalein Atoll
Country: Marshall Islands
Marks: 8°46.319'N 167°39.130'E
Position: 8.7720, 167.6522

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.