Diving Ko Samui Ko Tao Thailand

Diving Koh Tao Thailand

FunDives Travel offers Ko Samui dive package with hotel nights in Ko Samui and dives in Ko Tao. The boat leaves every day for a 2 tank dives, and brings you to the best reefs in the area.

Best travel time: May to November

Level of diving: beginner to very experienced

Water temperature: 28 C°

Visibility: 10 meters to 25 meters

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Sail rock: this is where you want to dive, this why you traveled all this way from your home country. Located between Koh Tao and Koh Phangan, Sail Rock is diving until 40 meters. But as everywhere in Thailand, it's not necessary to dive deep. Stay around 20 meters, it will be enough to spot the famous whale shark. Of course, this splendid giant fish is not guarantied, and if you see none of them, you will be delighted by the ballet of jack fish and trevallies hunting in the blue. There is another attraction at Sail Rock: a chimney with an entrance a 18m and an exit just below the surface. A dive site not to miss.

Chumporn Pinnacles: whatever you have to do the day this dive is planned, forget it and board for a dive in Chumporn Pinnacles. It consists in a group of submerged rock beginning at 14 meters deep. The top is covered with pink anemones, with above it, a huge crowd of reef life trying to escape to the giant groupers present here. It's not the best place to live for a fish: schools of barracudas are circling in the blue, gray reef sharks and black tip reef sharks are very often seen among the tons of predators who are hunting without paying any attention at the divers. It's forbidden to miss this one.

Ko Tao: literally turtle island, what used to be a backpacker island with very few power supply has changed and grown in the right way. Still no huge hotel complex, but some comfortable beach bungalow and a very cool atmosphere. Diving in Ko Tao offers some of the biggest fish you will find in Thailand, the guest stars being the Whale shark. The black tip reef sharks and the gray reefs have quite a success though, and the shallow waters of the numerous bays are home to loads of reef fish.

Shark island: with maximum 20 meters deep, diving in shark island is accessible to beginners and experienced. A colony of sponges and alcyonaries is spreading along the rock, within the ones you will surely spot a turtle, as this is their favourite meal. Deeper below at 20 meters, with a bit of luck you will spot black tip reef sharks and giant groupers (or at least 70 cm one).

Ko Nang Yuan: nearly a part of Ko Tao, Ko Nang Yuan is a group of 3 islands linked together by a white sandy beach. Below this beautiful landscape, you can find several dive sites ideal for beginners, as the depth is maximum 15 meters. However, experienced divers will appreciate the diversity of macro life and the colourful reef fish.

South West Pinnacles: a rock formation born in 28 meters deep, and rising to 10 meters. A typical dive site the Siam Gulf. A composition of sponges, reef fish, grouper fish will delight the photographers.

Ko Wao: another easy dive site with a lot of reef life. Located in Anthong national park, you will enjoy the scenic of the landscape, and the wealth of its reef. Parrot fish, moray eels, butterfly fish are quite used to the divers and will entertain also the snorkelers.

Hin Yippon: literally japanese' reef, Hin Yippon is one of the attractions of scuba diving in Siam gulf. A large rock formation on top of another with caves and pass through, with always some shiny alcyonaries. Large coral formation are waiting for photographers in an average depth of 18 meters.

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