Cabbage Patch
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About this site
Cabbage Patch lies off West Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an isolated Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean. Diving here depends on boat access from the small local community, given the atoll's remote position far from the Australian mainland and Christmas Island. The reef takes its name from the cabbage-like coral formations found there, and divers have reported a varied reef fish community including bluestriped snapper, lemonpeel angelfish, ornate and threadfin butterflyfish, palenose parrotfish, powder blue tang, and whitecheek surgeonfish, along with brown land crabs and strawberry hermit crabs around the margins.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Whitecheek SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigricansReported here · unconfirmed
Lemonpeel AngelfishCentropyge flavissimaReported here · unconfirmed
Powder Blue TangAcanthurus leucosternonReported here · unconfirmed
Threadfin ButterflyfishChaetodon aurigaReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestriped SnapperLutjanus kasmiraReported here · unconfirmed
Palenose ParrotfishScarus psittacusReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate ButterflyfishChaetodon ornatissimusReported here · unconfirmed
Strawberry Hermit CrabCoenobita perlatusReported here · unconfirmed
Brown Land CrabCardisoma carnifexReported here · unconfirmed
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