61 Coral Gardens
5-20m 15-25m Slight to strong
Popular dusk dive. Extensive coral gardens with
large tables of branching corals. Also numerous
gorgonian seafans and whips. Oriental sweetlips,
snappers and fusiliers.
62
South East Point
10-30m 15-20m Slight to strong
Boulders with archways, caves and ledges. Corals
include fire, table staghorns and gorgonian seafans.
Leopard sharks, stingrays, lionfish, tunas, barracudas,
groupers and surgeonfish.
63
Shark Fin Reef-Hin Phae
10-40m 20-30m Slight to strong
Submerged shelf of geometrically shaped boulders.
Corals include acropora, dendrophyllia and gorgonian
seafans in the deeper waters. Reef and whale sharks,
stingrays and Napoleon wrasse.
64
Bird Rock
15-40m 15-25m Slight to strong Steep ridge with
many large sea fans. Marine life includes turtles,
triggerfish and leopard sharks in the depths.
65
East of Eden
15-35m 20-35m Can be strong
Submerged pinnacles adorned with tremendous examples
of soft corals. Seafans and wire corals. Sloping
ref has garden eels, stingrays, parrot fish and
wrasse.
66
Batfish Bend
10-20m 15-25m Can be strong Hard coral reef with
a variety of crinoids; mostly feather stars. Many
sea anemones with anemonefish. Oriental and andaman
sweetlips, humphead and giant snappers and batfish.
67
Stonehenge
20-35m 15-25m Can be strong
Feather stars, sponges, butterflyfish, lionfish,
snappers, tunas, surgeonfish.
68
Morning Edge
10-40m 20-30m Can be strong
Ridges of boulders. Lots of hard and soft corals,
sponges, seafans and small reef sharks.
69
Deep Six
10-40m 15-25m Can be strong
Coral covered boulders. Seafans, wire corals,
barrel sponges, feather stars and reef sharks.
70
Elephant Head
15-40m 15-25m Can be strong
Enormous boulders with matrix of swim-throughs.
Table corals and seafans. Coral trout, Moorish
idols, goatfish, lionfish, triggerfish, snappers
& nudibranchs.
71
Beacon Point
10-40m 15-25m Can be strong
Deep dive punctuated by gorgonian sea fans and
wire corals. Many trigger fish and small reef
sharks. Cruising mantas.
72
Beacon Beach
5-35m 15-25m Weak to moderate
Shallow dive ideal for training and night diving.
Plenty of hard corals. Reef life includes groupers,
snappers, damselfish and sea kraits.
73
Fantasy Reef
10-40m 15-25m Can rage
Huge variety of both hard and soft corals and
all manners of marine life.
Site currently closed for conservation reasons.
74
Donald Duck-M16-Shoe Bay
5-25m 10-30m Mild surge
Outer part has series of boulders with enjoyable
swim-throughs. Marine life includes snappers,
butterflyfish, lionfish, scorpionfish and trumpetfish.
Great night dive for tiny invertebrates. Beware
of boat traffic in the shallows.
75
Snapper Alley
5-25m 10-30m Mild surge
Boulders creating underwater canyons. Tree corals,
seafans and wire corals. Good representation of
small
invertebrates, and as the name
suggests, snappers.
76
The Mooring
10-25m 15-25m Can be strong
Large coral head with gorgonian corals and seafans.
Bannerfish, clown and Titan triggerfish and harlequin
ghostpipefish. Excellent night dive.
77
Breakfast Bend
10-25m 15-25m Weak to moderate
Nice and easy morning dive. Steep hard coral reef.
Garden eels, Napoleon wrasse and small white-tip
reef sharks.
78
Christmas Point
10-35m 15-25m Can be strong
Arches and narrow swim-throughs. Many species
of hard and soft corals. Cowrie shells. Giant,
fimbriated and ribbon eels. Surgeons and unicorn
fish.
79
Koh Bon
8-40m 15-30m Can be strong
Steep ridge and wall with good soft coral coverage.
Marine life includes octopi, sea kraits, scorpionfish,
nudibranchs and small reef sharks. Predictable
site for manta rays.
80 Koh Tachai
20-40m 12-30m Can rage
Colourful underwater mounts ideal for multilevel
diving. Extensive coral
coverage, barrel sponges, rays, leopard sharks
and many invertebrates. Frequent manta rays and
whale sharks.
81
Koh Surin Tai-S.E Point
5-25m 10-20m Can be strong
Early morning and late afternoon dive. Hard corals.
Angelfish, pufferfish, groupers and crustaceans.