Turk Reef - Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Dive site in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia. Sourced from OpenStreetMap.
- Location
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia, Australasia
- Coordinates
- -12.111886, 96.832530
- Type
- reef
Nearby Dive Sites in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Aquarium Wall (wall)
- Aquarium Wall (wall)
- Barry’s Pool (reef)
- Barry’s Pool (reef)
- Broccoli Patch (reef)
- Broccoli Patch (reef)
- Cabbage Patch Cocos Keeling (wreck)
- Cabbage Patch Cocos Keeling (reef)
- Cable Bommie (wall)
- Cable Bommie (reef)
- Caits Reef (reef)
- Caits Reef (drift)
- Canons (reef)
- Celestes (reef)
- Chocolate Flow (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Turk Reef
Marine Life in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Home to 247 recorded species including 160 reef fish, 44 hard corals, 13 sea cucumbers, 9 sea snails & nudibranchs, 7 crabs & lobsters, 5 sharks & rays.
Notable Species
- Three-spot wrasse (Halichoeres trimaculatus) - Reef Fish
- Threadfin (Chaetodon auriga) - Reef Fish
- Lemon Peel (Centropyge flavissima) - Reef Fish
- Batavian Parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) - Reef Fish
- Blackspot Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) - Reef Fish
- Black Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) - Reef Fish
- Argus Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) - Reef Fish
- Blue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon) - Reef Fish
- Manini (Acanthurus triostegus) - Reef Fish
- Candelamoa Parrotfish (Hipposcarus harid) - Reef Fish
- Clown Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) - Reef Fish
- Chestnut Blenny (Cirripectes castaneus) - Reef Fish
- Maypole Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri) - Reef Fish
- Sponsal Cone (Conus sponsalis) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
- Pufferfish (Arothron hispidus) - Reef Fish
- Humphead Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) - Reef Fish
- Silver-streaked rainbowfish (Stethojulis strigiventer) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-dashed Rockskipper (Blenniella periophthalmus) - Reef Fish
- Flea Cone (Conus pulicarius) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs