Chumphon diving
offers about 50 Islands in the gulf of Thailand to dive which
indeed gives excellent diving opportunities. Relatively unspoilt
Chumphon has abundant marine life and swim throughs. There are
dives suitable for both beginners and advanced divers. Divers
can see fascinating seabed formations from coral gardens to
rock piles and caves.
There are possibilities to go on liveaboard trips
starting from 3 days.
Always
dive according to your level of training. Check with your dive
center for safety, additional information and level required
for each dive site before entering the water.
Visibility
varies depending on the tide and weather. This can vary from
20 metres (66 feet) on a good day to 8-10 metres (26-33 feet)
at low tides.
The
best months dive Chumphon are January to June. November
to almost end of December the diving is weather dependant. Off
season is July to October.
The
dive sites around the islands of Koh Ngam Noi,
Koh Ngam Yai and the Hin Lak Ngam and Hin Pae outcrops of offer
excellent diving opportunities.
Some
dive sites of Chumphon are:
Koh
Ngam Yai which is made up of many
scattered rocks covered with fire and zebra corals.Bearded Scorpionfish,
Juvenile Yellowtail, Barracuda, Blue-spotted Ribbontail Rays,
Humpback Snappers and three-spot Damselfish
can be spotted on this site. With a maximum depth of 20 metres
(66 feet) Koh Ngam Yai is suitable for novice divers.
Koh
Ngam Noi is the sister island of Koh
Ngam Yai. Composed of rocky formations there are soft coral
garden below and above the water swifts nest. Scorpionfish,
turtles and cowries have been spotted at Koh Ngam Noi.There
are lots of anemones here accompanied by pink skunk anemonefish
along with sea urchins. Occasional currents are observed here.
Koh Lak Ngam is a wall encrusted with neptune
barrel sponges and whip corals. There are lots of clams,
oysters and also large sea anemone, parrotfish
damselfish and wrasse.
Koh
Thalu is a very popular dive site with a lot of healthy
coral gardens and home to a wide variety of marine fishes. The
hard coral is in good condition and quite unspoilt.
Large schools of snappers and fusiliers
can be seen and sometimes even large rays are spotted. The currents
are weak and the shallow bay here with a sandy bottom is littered
with coral outcrops which makes it ideal for snorkelers.
Koh
Ran Gai and Koh Ran Bped offer larger
marine life and a few caves where natural light penetrates.
Off the Ran Gai coast there is a swimthrough with a large cavity
and natural light. Regularly seen is the box fish, snappers
and scorpion fish.
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