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Perpendicular Wall
Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia
EntryBoat
Max depth25 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyIndian Ocean
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Jul
About this site
Perpendicular Wall is a wall dive site near Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia, in the Indian Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 25 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Commonly reported marine life includes moray eels, sea fans, groupers, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
FlowerfishPearsonothuria graeffei- Raccoon ButterflyfishChaetodon lunula
- Fire GobyNemateleotris magnifica
- Eightline WrassePseudocheilinus octotaenia
- Honeycomb PodgePseudogramma polyacantha
Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei- Whitetip SoldierfishMyripristis vittata
- Yellowhead AngelfishCentropyge joculator
Nearby sites
- 1West White Beach2.5 km
- 2Thundercliff5.6 km
- 3Egeria Point7.7 km
- 4Eidsvold Wreck10 km
- 5Flying Fish Cove (Jetty dive)12 km
- 6Thundercliff Cave14 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org