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Cocos Island Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Cocos Island

Remote Pacific liveaboard diving where hammerheads gather around volcanic pinnacles

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Wildlife In Cocos Island

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Cocos Island.

Photo of Scalloped Hammerhead

Saltwater Fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

3 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

Photo of Tuna

Saltwater Fishes

Tuna

2 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

2 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

1 linked spots

Photo of Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

1 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

1 linked spots

Silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis ) at Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

1 linked spots

Photo of Soldierfish

Saltwater Fishes

Soldierfish

Myripristinae

1 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

1 linked spots

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spots