Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Cook Islands · Pacific
Remote Cook Islands diving where pristine outer reef walls drop steeply into deep blue water and passes fill seasonally with manta rays and grey reef sharks hunting in the current.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
More fish than a healthy reef of its kind.
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Reef Life Survey · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
15 species across the dive sites here
Lagoon Triggerfish
Seen 4 months ago
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Least concern
Picasso triggerfish
Seen 4 months ago
at Muri Lagoon Reef
Least concern
Convict Surgeonfish
Seen 5 months ago
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Least concern
Sunset Wrasse
Seen 6 months ago
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Least concern
Threespot Wrasse
Seen 6 months ago
at Muri Lagoon Reef
Least concern
Bullethead parrotfish
Seen 6 months ago
at Muri Lagoon Reef
Least concern
Blue Linckia
Seen 6 months ago
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Seen 6 months ago
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Least concern
Hawksbill sea turtle
Seen 6 months ago
at Black Rock Cook Islands
Critically endangered
Ornate butterflyfish
Seen 9 months ago
at Muri Lagoon Reef
Least concern
Barrel sponge
Seen year round
at Black Rock Cook Islands
Bumphead parrotfish
Seen year round
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Vulnerable
Grey reef shark
Seen year round
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Endangered
Reef manta ray
Seasonal visitor
at Black Rock Cook Islands
Vulnerable
Yellowfin tuna
Seasonal visitor
at Avana Passage Rarotonga
Least concern
