Depth
16–20 m
Level
Intermediate
Visibility
12–20 m
Boat
45 min
Current
Light current
Water
27–30°C
Every crevice occupied.
Twenty metres of broken reef structure with an unusually dense moray population — giant and honeycomb both.
When this site dives
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Open through the Maha monsoon, when the east is shut. Closed May to October under the Yala monsoon.
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