Kwaj-1 Coral Head

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What you'll see (21)

Pink Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion perideraionseen 73× near here

Orangefin AnemonefishAmphiprion chrysopterusseen 41× near here

Three-band AnemonefishAmphiprion tricinctusseen 33× near here

Magnificent Sea AnemoneRadianthus magnificaseen 23× near here

Tiger CowrieCypraea tigrisseen 16× near here

Eyed CowrieArestorides argusseen 14× near here

golden cowrieCallistocypraea aurantiumseen 14× near here

Map CowrieLeporicypraea mappaseen 13× near here

Blackeye ThicklipHemigymnus melapterusseen 12× near here

Dark Red-spined Brittle StarOphiothrix purpureaseen 12× near here

Twisted Dwarf TritonColubraria tortuosaseen 12× near here

globular cowriePustularia globulusseen 12× near here

Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriseen 11× near here

Spotted ParrotfishCetoscarus ocellatusseen 11× near here

Beautiful Feather StarCenometra bellaseen 11× near here

Micro-tooth CowriePurpuradusta microdonseen 11× near here

Pillow Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineaeseen 10× near here

Dendrodoris elongataseen 10× near here

three-angled murexNaquetia triqueterseen 10× near here

Maria's CowryAnnepona mariaeseen 10× near here

Vexillum crocatumseen 10× near here

Planning a trip

8–13 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

7,112km 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 7,920 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

71% 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 42m

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 42mRoad 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 boatKwaj-1 Coral Head~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Kwaj-1 Coral Head 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°45.001'N 167°40.619'E
Position: 8.7500, 167.6770

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.