The island has tropical jungle, clear seawater, white sand beaches and coral reefs in the surrounding waters.
It is promoted as a "diving and snorkeling paradise".
[3] Kapas is the location where most of the research on the enigmatic Amphidromus snails is carried out (unlike all other snails, Amphidromus are amphidromine: they usually exist of clockwise and anticlockwise individuals).
[4] Unlike most other islands that are protected and gazetted as marine parks by the Department of Fisheries, Kapas Island is zoned 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the shore at lowest tide.
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