| Koh Tao offers 25 dive sites all
within close proximity to the Island. The average depth is 14-18m,
with offshore sites reaching 30m+. Check it out... |
| Red Rock (Shark
Island) |
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 28m
5-30m
15m
Open water +
huge boulders & rock formations, stunning soft corals. Drift diving
for the experienced.
resident turtle, great barracuda, titan and clown triggerfish. |
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Hin Wong Pinnacle |
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40m
15-20m
17m
Open Water+
tabletop rock formation covered with a variety of hard and soft
corals.
Hawksbill turtles, snappers, sweetlips, porcupine pufferfish, juvenile
boxfish. |
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Mango Bay |
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16m
5-20m
10m
beginner+
only accessible by boat, perfect dive site for 1st timers with a sandy
bottom and shallow reef.
small reef fish, puffers, moray eels |
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White Rock |
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20m
10-30m
12m
Open Water+
a wide band of coral reef with an impressive diversity of hard and
soft corals.
wrasse, butterfly fish, angel fish, morays, clown fish and
triggerfish. |
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Nang Yuan
Pinnacle |
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 19m
-30m
10m
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a large boulder with swim-through arches and to the West a large cave
to explore.
giant whiptail rays, morays, pipefish, crabs, Titan triggerfish and
reef sharks. |
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Twins |
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22m
10-25m
12m
Open Water +
2 groups of granite rocks covered in corals and sponges, divided by
sandy patches and a backdrop of colourful coral garden.
blue spotted rays, juvenile blue-ringed and six-barred angelfish,
clownfish, scorpionfish and pink anemones. |
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Green Rock |
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 28m
10-30m
16m
Open Water+
a maze of swim-throughs, canyons, caverns and caves created by giant
boulders.
yellow-margin and titan triggerfish, giant trevalies, cobias and
stingrays, occasional reef shark sightings. |
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Japanese Gardens |
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14m
10-15m
10m
beginner+
hundreds of hard and soft coral formations creating the impression of
an oriental garden.
abundance of small coral fish and a variety of nudibranchs |
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Chumphon Pinnacle |
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 40m
20-30m
24m
experienced Diver
4 granite pinnacles carpeted with anemones.
whale sharks (seasonal), giant grouper, barracuda, bat fish and tuna. |
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South West
Pinnacle |
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33m
10-30m
20m
Advanced+
a collection of pinnacles with a unique topographical arrangement,
giant fan corals.
whale sharks, giant grouper, barracuda, occasional leopard sharks. |
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Sail Rock |
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 45m
15-35m
30m
all levels
huge rock chimney with an amazing vertical swim-through that ascends
from 18m to 8m.
large pelagics, king mackerel, kingfish, tuna likely for sightings of
whale sharks & manta. |
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