Depth
3–7 m
Level
Beginner
Visibility
8–15 m
Boat
10 min
Current
No current
Water
27–30°C
Seven metres, no current. Where almost every one of our students does dive one.
Shallow, sheltered, teeming, and ten minutes from the beach. This is the confined-to-open-water bridge — skills on the sand at five metres, then a slow tour of the reef.
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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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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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