Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island

Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island is a submarine cable landing point in Christmas Island (coordinates -10.4374°, 105.6971°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Christmas Island's international connectivity infrastructure.

Flying Fish Cove is the capital city and main settlement of Christmas Island. Although it was originally named after the British survey-ship Flying Fish, many maps simply label it "The Settlement". It was the first British settlement on the island, established in 1888. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island

Cables landing at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Google, Vocus Communications. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Indonesia, Maldives, Oman, Singapore, Thailand.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Bosun (2027) — Bosun is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Australia and Christmas Island. Landing at Darwin, Flying Fish Cove, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• TalayLink (2027) — TalayLink is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Oceania and Southeast Asia, with 4 landing points across 3 countries including Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Mandurah, WA, Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Satun, Thailand. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Oceania and Southeast Asia. Read more →
• Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) (2018) — Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) is a 4,600 km submarine fiber-optic system connecting Perth (Australia), Flying Fish Cove (Christmas Island), Anyer (Indonesia), and Tanah Merah (Singapore). Built by Alcatel Submarine Networks under a ~US$170 million contract, the cable entered service in September 2018 with a design capacity of 40 Tbps across 4 fiber pairs — later upgraded to 60 Tbps in 2019. Read more →
• Dhivaru — Dhivaru is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Christmas Island, Maldives, Oman. Its 3 landing points at Flying Fish Cove, Hithadhoo, Muscat bridge the networks of Indian Ocean, Middle East, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.