Rowley Shoals fact sheet

Location	In the Indian Ocean, 300km west of Broome off the north-west Australian coast.
Description	The Rowley Shoals is the exposed end of a line of a subterranean mountain range beginning near Christmas Island and running for thousands of kilometers toward the north-west of Australia. The mountain tops form several shelf atolls around 15km long and 7km wide, filled with brightly coloured coral, teeming with sport fish. The deep blue waters outside the atoll are rich with pelagics. Amazing sight fishing!!
Fish available	Indo-Pacific sailfish, Spanish mackerel, wahoo, trevally, tuna and other pelagics outside the atolls, red bass, polkadot trout, Maori sea-perch, long-nosed emperors, hump-headed wrasse and other interesting reef fish inside the atolls. All take lures and flies.
Best time of year	March to December
Travel	Motherships travel to the Rowley Shoals from Broome which can be reached by daily flights from Darwin or Perth.
Accommodation	All types of accommodation in Broome, comfortable accommodation on board a mothership anchored inside the atoll.