Depth
5–12 m
Level
All levels
Visibility
10–18 m
Boat
22 min
Current
Light current
Water
27–30°C
Rock formations under a full coat of colour.
Granite boulders stacked into swim-throughs and overhangs, every surface encrusted. Good navigation practice because the topography actually gives you something to navigate by.
When this site dives
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Open through the Yala monsoon, when the southwest is unworkable. Closed November to April under the Maha monsoon.
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Pigeon Island
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Shark Point Reef
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Resident blacktip reef sharks, in water shallow enough to snorkel.
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Coral Bay
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Hard and soft coral garden with turtles working the shallows and rays on the sand.
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