Direction Island (mouillage): clearing in by boat
Port of entry of Australia (island: Îles Cocos (Keeling)).
Based on official sources, checked on 28 October 2026.
Services
Clearing out possible here
- Opening hours
- Inspections biosécurité de jour, heures ouvrables (supplément week-end, fériés, hors heures)
Good to know
External territory; visitor code of conduct (May 2025) applies.
Offices to visit
In the usual order of the formalities. Addresses can change: ask the harbour office when you arrive.
Police fédérale australienne (AFP), Cocos – formalités à bord au mouillage de Direction Island
CustomsImmigrationBiosecurity
VHF : 20
AFP performs Border Force functions: call VHF 20 on approach, anchor in the Direction Island area flying Q, stay aboard until boarded. Biosecurity officers may inspect. Advance notice to Border Force at least 96 h before arrival (yachtreport@homeaffairs.gov.au, +61 2 6246 1325).
Port Manager des îles Cocos (Keeling)
Harbour office
VHF : 20
Port matters: extended stay approvals, sullage.
Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands – bureau de Home Island (enregistrement et droits de mouillage)
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Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands WA 6799
Opening hours : Lun-jeu 7h-16h, ven 7h-12h
Return the anchorage registration form within 24 h and pay AUD 10/day or 50/week: no outward clearance without proof of payment.
Directions
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- agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/aircraft-vessels-military/vessels/non-commercial-vessels
- noonsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Vessel-Code-of-Conduct-and-Information-Guide-Cocos-May-2025.pdf
This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.