Off Shore Islands WA
Cocos Keeling Islands, a picturesque coral atoll, surrounded by the clean, clear waters of the Indian Ocean, offers visitors beautiful white beaches and palm-lined foreshores. Visit Direction Island, our premier swimming beach or take a lagoon trip to visit one of the other remote, uninhabited islands.
Text and Photo courtesy of Cocos Solutions - www.cocos-solutions.com
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Photos
- Photo courtesy of Karen Willshaw - Cocos Solutions
- Photo courtesy of the
Christmas Island Tourism Association
- Photo courtesy of the
Christmas Island Tourism Association
Climate
These islands experience a tropical equatorial climate with wet and dry seasons. The wet season is from December to April. During the rest of the year, the south-east trade winds bring slightly lower temperatures and humidity with much less rain.
The mean annual rainfall is about 2,000 millimetres. Most of this rain falls between November and May. February and March are usually the wettest months.
Because of the oceanic influence, the relative humidity does not vary seasonally as much as rainfall. The average daily maximum temperature reaches a high of 28° Celsius in April and the average daily minimum temperature falls to 22° Celsius in August.
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Articles
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Cocos Keeling Islands
by SeannaC
- Cocos Keeling is a widely unknown tropical island paradise but thanks its hosting of an UF11 Fringe Event it is about to be added to the holiday wish list of many of the region’s divers.The 29-island atoll may only be a four-hour flight from Perth, but it feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland....
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Goodbye Cocos. Hello Christmas Island!
- We waved goodbye to the crew from Cocos (Keeling) Islands until our arms hurt. We were a bit sad to leave everybody behind, but also excited about what was going to come. After only an hour the plane started to descend again and we could see Christmas Island. It was very clear straight away that Christmas Island is geologically very different from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
