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Dive Sites
Here you find some selected dive
sites around Koh Tao
For further information
contact
us directly.
Chumporn Pinnacle
Chumpon Pinnacle is located about 10 kilometers northwest from Koh Tao. The
visibility is between 12 and 30 meters. The average diving depth is about 20
meters, the maximum depth is over 40 meters. It is probably Koh Tao`s best
dive site and consists of four underwater rock formations, which begin in a
depth of 16 meters. The rocks are covered with innumerable anemones and between
them you can see shrimps,
crabs
and clown fish.
This dive site is ideal to watch big fish. At the northern end you can meet
estuar groupers
with up to two meters size,
in addition
barracuda
schools are frequent visitors. At the southern part of the dive site
silver
tip sharks as well as
grey
reef sharks are to be seen.
In Koh Tao is nearly the whole year over whale
shark time, they can
grow up to eight meters. The
whale
sharks are usually in
company of cobias,
which close to the rocks hunting small fish. If you are diving with much luck you
can find mantas
and big tuna
in the deeper water. In addition you can see big schools of
bat
fish,
banner
fish and
redbelly
yellowtail fusilier as well
as jenkins whipray.
Whaleshark |
Manta |
Aow Leuk
The dive site Aow Leuk is on the southeast side of Koh Tao. The visibility is
on 8-10 meters. The average depth is approx. 8 meters, the maximum depth is
approx. 18 meters. Aow Leuk is a well dive site for courses and intro dives.
The north is characterized by large sand surfaces by a beach. Here you find
conditions like in a swimming pool. The south offers a beautiful dive site for
divers and snorkellers, who like to enjoy corals and coral fish. Here you
can watch fish like coral
groupers,
crocodile longtom,
barracudas,
six-banded
angelfish,
saddleback
anemonefish,
box
fish,
black
blotched porcupinefish,
napoleonfish,
nudibranchs,
... If you dive at the reef edge along shark island you find
beaked coralfish,
blue
spotted stingrays and
trigger
fish.
For further information
contact
us directly.
Hin Wong Pinnacle
Hin Wong Pinnacle is one of
the deeper dive sites of Koh Tao. The rock formation is about 100 meters far
away from Wong Bay, on the northeast side of Koh Tao. This dive site offers
good possibilities for a drift dive. The visibility varies depending on
the current between 8 and 30 meters. The average depth is about 15 meters, the
maximum depth is about 30 meters. In addition, the rock plateau is covered with
soft
corals and
colourful
anemones also with
hydrozas
and fire corals.
Here you find redbreasted
maori wrasse,
rabbit
fish,
cleaner
fish,
saddleback
anemonefish and
banner
fish. On the east side the fauna
changes over to sandy ground, which drops slowly to the maximum
depth. Hin Wong is not only the home of
coral
groupers,
fusiliers
and snappers.
You can see also buffalo
head parrot fish and
turtles.
Off the rock you meet sometimes cowtail
stingrays,
white
tip reef sharks and
giant
travellys.
Green Rock
Green Rock is a large underwater rock formation at the northern end of Koh Nang
Yuan. The visibility is between 10 and 30 meters, sometimes even more. The
average dive depth is about 16 meters, the maximum depth is over 30 meters.
In the north, about 50 meters away from the rock, is the "trigger
fish city". This is one
of the best places to learn more about this species. In the breeding time we
have here over 20 yellow-margin
trigger fish and some
titan
trigger fish with
their eggs. If you head 330 degrees away, after a few minutes a rock
formation is reached. Here you find jenkins
whipray,
honeycomb
moray,
cobias
and great barracudas.
In addition white tip reef
sharks and
eagle
rays can be seen often here.
At the Green Rock you have the possibility to dive through very interesting caves.
Here you can find a lot of different nudibranchs,
yellow edged morays,
harlequin sweetlips,
blue spotted stingrays
and
banner fish.
Green Rock is a very interesting dive site for photo-inspired divers.
Reefshark
Japanese Garden
The Japanese Garden is located at the east coast of Koh Nang Yuan, below
the Big Rock. The bay is very protected and there are the same conditions as
at Twin Peaks. The dive site is ideal for all dive courses and night dives.
The average depth is about 6 meters, the maximum deep is 16 meters. Japanese
Garden is characterized by large, sandy surfaces, which are interspersed with
big coral formations. Here you meet
bat
fish,
squirrelfish,
parrot fish,
white-eyed morays,
anemonefish
and even the shy buffalo
head parrot fish. If you
dive to south you come to the actual Japanese Garden, which is characterized
by blue hydro corals.
It drags on nearly into the next bay. Here one sees often schools of
yellowtail
barracudas,
trevallys,
yellow-margin trigger fish
and even
sea snakes,
as well as jenkins whipray.
For further information
contact
us directly.
Laem Thian
Laem Thian is also at the east coast of Koh Tao. This dive site consists of
two dive sites, at the northern you see very beautiful rock formations and
numerous caves. The southern area consists of expanded soft corals and
hard corals. The average depth is at the northern dive site 12 meters and at
the southern one 10 meters. The visibility the whole year is on 8-12 meters.
At the northern dive site there are four caves, which distributed among the
whole bay. The caves will be found in a depth of 5 to 15 meters. This is a
dive site where the rare bluebanded
surgeonfish is to admire. In
addition are here coral
groupers,
titan
triggerfish,
blue
spotted stingrays,
white-eyed
morays and
six-banded
angelfish. Before sunrise
and sunset you can observe white
tip reef sharks while
hunting.
Titan Triggerfish |
Blue-Spotted Stingray |
Lighthouse
This dive site is on northeast
coast of Koh Tao. There stand the only lighthouse of the island, which
the dive site gave its name. The average depth is 14 meters, the maximum depth
amounts to 20 meters. The visibility is between 5 and 18 meters. The bay is
characterized by sandy surfaces, with big coral formations. Here you find
staghorn
corals,
tube
sponges as well as
soft
corals and
hard
corals. Between
them you see angelfish,
singular bannerfish,
butterflyfish
and morays. If
you dive at the reef edge along to the east you can see a cleft, which
represents the entrance to an underwater valley. Here you find the most
beautiful anemones and
soft corals with all its colourful reef
fish.
In the deeper water you see barracudas,
trevallys,
estuar groupers
and
under the rock columns sometimes a lobster.
Twin Peaks
This dive site is about 100 meters away from the west side of Koh Nang Yuan.
The visibility is between 5 and 20 meters. This dive site is a very nice place
so you should see this place at least once. The average depth is
12 meters, the maximum depth is on 20 meters. Twin Peaks consists of 4
underwater rock formations, which are richly covered
with soft corals
and hard corals,
anemones
and tube sponges.
Here you see fish such as dragonets,
morays,
and clown fish.
Between the rock formations you can find
estuar groupers,
sweetlips,
bannerfish,
six-banded
angelfish,
blue
spotted stingrays and
puffer
fish, as well as
nudibranchs.
What makes this dive site so attractive is the possibility to see
big
barracudas and
dogtooth
tuna while hunting. Twin Peaks
is also extremely interesting for night dives.
Clown Trigger Fish |
Black-spotted Puffer Fish |
For further information
contact
us directly.
White Rock
The visibility here is all year between 12 to 15 meters. In October it´s
possible up to 30 meters. The average depth is 12 meters, while the
maximum depth is over 25 meters. A very beautiful dive site also for diving
courses. It consists of two rock formations, whereby the southern one begins
with eight meters and drops then steeply down to over 25 meters. On 10 meters
depth you find a beautiful coral garden with table corals, whip corals and
soft corals, as well as anemones. Here you can find
harlequin
sweetlips,
pinktail
triggerfish,
blue
spotted stingrays,
clown
fish,
six-banded
angelfish,
bannerfish,
barracudas
and trevallys
and sometimes turtles.
Night dives at this dive site are a delightful experience. One of the high
lights here is that barracudas can be observed while hunting. Besides this
dipping place is an ideal place for photo-inspired divers.
Chevron
Barracuda
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