Scuba diving on Kiritimati Island is available year-round but the best conditions are April through November.

The undisturbed virgin waters, beautiful coral ecosystems and abundance of underwater marine life provide the opportunity for a breathtaking undersea exploration around the waters of the largest coral atoll in the world. Diving on Kiritimati Christmas Island is done in a variety of ways.

Shore diving and snorkeling are available, with transportation and accompaniment by staff and dive masters to known and yet-to-be-discovered locations. Boat diving & snorkeling is from custom-built 38-ft outrigger canoes.  From the shore, the reef is only 100 feet wide with a wall starting at 15-20 feet. Fish abound in this area -- pelagics just off the wall and sharks everywhere.

Visibility averages in the 100-150 ft. range. From the boat, divers experience amazing walls, pinnacles, as well as spur and groove formations.  Christmas Island waters teem with colorful reef fish that dart around the beautiful rainbow-colored coral. It is a sight to behold. Many varieties of angelfish, butterfly pairs, triggerfish, puffers and parrotfish.  You'll add plenty of species to your life list on this trip (how about a flame angel, dragon moray or an oscillated lionfish). You will also encounter a school of manta rays, witness a wall of lionfish, laugh with acrobatic spinner dolphins, glide with sea turtles, and encounter pelagics every day.