K-9 Deep Coral Head

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What you'll see (20)

Pink Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion perideraionseen 62× near here

Three-band AnemonefishAmphiprion tricinctusseen 26× near here

Orangefin AnemonefishAmphiprion chrysopterusseen 25× near here

Magnificent Sea AnemoneRadianthus magnificaseen 20× near here

Tiger CowrieCypraea tigrisseen 15× near here

Purple Hermit CrabCoenobita brevimanusseen 11× near here

Kernel CowryNucleolaria nucleusseen 10× near here

Eyed CowrieArestorides argusseen 10× near here

Martin's CowrieRansoniella martiniseen 10× near here

Blackeye ThicklipHemigymnus melapterusseen 9× near here

Map CowrieLeporicypraea mappaseen 9× near here

Money CowryMonetaria monetaseen 9× near here

Eglantine CowrieMauritia eglantinaseen 9× near here

Painted ScallopGloripallium palliumseen 9× near here

Micro-tooth CowriePurpuradusta microdonseen 9× near here

Day OctopusOctopus cyaneaseen 8× near here

Purple CrabGecarcoidea lalandiiseen 8× near here

Arabian CowrieMauritia arabicaseen 8× near here

Isabella CowrieLuria isabellaseen 8× near here

Circumcision ConeConus circumcisusseen 8× near here

Planning a trip

8–13 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

7,118km 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 7,549 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 36m

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 36mRoad 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 boatK-9 Deep Coral Head~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 K-9 Deep 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°43.965'N 167°43.562'E
Position: 8.7327, 167.7260

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.