| Koh Phangan diving
offers a large range of dive sites and marine life. The Koh
Phangan dive sites are much quieter than neighbouring Koh and
offer rarer creatures such as turtles or sea snakes.
There are a lot of corals and special features like
shallow caves and caverns, oucroppings,
swim throughs and abundant tropical and pelagic fish.
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.
The
temperatures average 27°C (80.6°F). Rains are
from September to November and the best recommended
time to dive here is from December to June.
The
local dives offer a good variety of hard corals and
pelagic fish. There is abundant hump coral on the reefs which
offer shelter to various staghorn and table corals, plate and
reef corals, anemone and brain corals. Encounters with groupers,
anemone fish, rabbit fish, damsel, butterfly fish and snappers
are common. You may also see stingray, barracuda and hunting
trevally.
Some
of the dive sites in KOh Phangan are:
Koh
Ma, an island off north west Phangan offering fantastic
scenery. There is hard coral and soft and whip corals at deeper
ends. This island has a variety of marine life which includes
several species of nudibranches, schooling fish, bannerfish
& large groupers and hunting barracuda when there's
some current.
At
Mae Haad, Haad Salat & Haad Yao Bays you will encounter
a wide range of colourfuul hard corals and a large variety of
reef fish. The dives are interesting here as you can start on
a coral reef and drift to end up in the next bay.
Koh
Tae Nok is one of the most popular sites in the area.
There's both hard and soft corals and the chances to see large
resident groupers are big.
Sail
Rock also referred to as Hin Bai, is among the most
famous dive sites of the Gulf of Thailand. The main rock sticks
out of the water while the rest are sumberged. Colourful cup
corals, giant black coral, scorpion fish and golden morays
can be seen here. Keep an eye open for big schools of
fish, especially jack, barracuda, rabbit & batfish, including
hunting king & queenfish. Sail Rock is a deeper
dive site and watch out for the occasional currents. Whale
sharks are said to have been seen here.
Samran
Pinnacle is close to Sail Rock and is similar but the
reef top starts below the surface. Huge shoals of fusiliers,
jacks as well as angel and triggerfish
are to be seen here.
Composed
of forty-two islands the Angthong National Marine Park boasts
some of Thailands most beautiful undamaged coral. There is a
very large range of marine life and some interesting swim throughs.
This site offers good opportunities for the beginner
and advanced diver and is also great for snorkelers.
You may spot turtles or sea snakes on this site.
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