Owing to its location on the edge of the Java Trench, the island drops off into the ocean depths in excess of 3000m. With many spectacular Drop Off dive sites including Rhoda Wall, The Leap and the amazing views of Perpendicular Wall, may include such sights as lion fish, moray eels, manta rays, reef sharks, mammerheads, enormous tuna, varous coral species and turtles, depending on the location, and the season.
This magnificent wall is just one of 60 dive sites around Christmas Island. Picture © CITA
Witness Coconut Point wih its show of Gorgonian Gardens on the wall face and after a small swim through caverns, offers divers the opportunity to see nudibranches and flatworms.
View the stalactite formations after surfacing the island’s largest cave systems, Thundercliff Cave. Other cave sites can also be visited including Lost Cave and the Boat Cave, both offering fantastic views of corals and marine life.
With warm 27℃ waters, visibility often reaching 50 metres, and with over 40 dive locations to choose from, diving on Christmas Island is truly a once in a lifetime experience!
We’ve reverted our tour pricing from SGD to AUD.
This is because the AUD~SGD currency exchange rate has been volatile, with the AUD~SGD recently gone from par to 1.00~1.15.
Dive Package Cost
Prices in Australian Dollars, and priced Per Person on Twin-share basis
- AUD $1,998 Twin VQ3 Lodge Standard
- AUD $2,016 Twin Christmas Island Lodge Standard
- AUD $2,051 Twin Sunset Lodge Standard
- AUD $2,103 Twin Sunset Lodge Ocean Frontage
- AUD $2,103 Twin Captain’s Last Resort (self-contained chalet)
- AUD $2,156 Twin Christmas Island Cabin (self-contained cabin)
- AUD $2,173 Twin Mango Tree Lodge Double/Twin
- Other accommodations available – please ask!
Dive Package Validity
- Jun 06 – Dec 31, 2009
Dive Package Includes
- Return economy-class airfare on AIOT Airlines (Malaysian Airlines chartered flight) SIN/XCH/SIN or KUL/SIN/XCH/SIN/KUL
- All airport taxes
- Return airport transfers
- 07 nights in choice of accommodation on twin-share basis
- 12 boat dives over 06 diving days with experienced Dive Guide
- Tanks, weight belts with weights plus lunch for 06 days
Dive Package Excludes
- All meals other than a packed lunch on diving days
- Transfers to/from dive shop or dive jetty
- Personal expenditure like laundry, phone calls, etc.
Dive Package Validity
- Jun 06 – Dec 31, 2009
Whalesharks come visit Christmas Island right after the migration of the red crabs
Christmas Island is known as one of the most unique dive locations on the planet. With pristine waters, spectacular corals, an awesome drop off and BIG and bountiful marine life, it offers divers an extraordinary experience that will never be forgotten!
At the onset of the first rains in late November to early December, families of Whale Sharks often appear in the waters surrounding Christmas Island. Feeding on plankton and the billions of Red Crab larvae that are expelled into the sea after the annual migration and spawning of the adult crabs to the water’s edge.
Check out Christmas Island Adventure with Lynn & Su-Anne.
YouTube Diving With Whale Sharks Videos
Flight Schedules, ex-Singapore and ex-Kuala Lumpur
from Jun 06, 2009
• SAT MH8484 KUL/SIN 11:30/12:25
• SAT MH8484 SIN/XCH 13:25/14:25
• SAT MH8485 XCH/SIN 15:15/18:15
• SAT MH8485 SIN/KUL 19:05/20:05
