Dive Sites

With crystal clear warm water and a vast range of dive sites, Koh Tao must be one of the best locations to learn to dive in the world. Master Divers aim to provide customers with the ultimate dive experience, learners can relax in the calm bays as they build their confidence.
Advance divers, fun divers and all other dive seekers can explore the diverse underwater world. All recreational depths can be found along with challenging wrecks and deep sites specialty diving and technical deep diving.

Those who know what to look for can find whale sharks, grey reef sharks, black tips, white tips, pilot whales, dolfins, big and small rays, barracuda, tuna, trevalli, giant groupers, snapper, cray fish, and an abundance of colourful tropical fish and coral.

Chumpon Pinacle
Max Depth: 40 meters
Diver Rating: Experienced +
Average Visibility: 20-35 meters

Koh Tao's premier and most challenging dive site.

Four massive rock pinnacles reaching the bottom at 40 metres and soaring up to 16 metres beneath the surface. Chumpon Pinacle is completely surrounded by deeper waters providing Koh Tao with a world-class dive site.

Whale sharks, frequent the site all year round along with grey reef sharks, black tips, white tips, giant groupers, black coral, anemone gardens, vertically falling reefs and all kinds of pelagic. Batfish are abundant here as are barracuda and tuna.

Sail Rock
Max Depth: 45 meters
Diver Rating: Experienced
Average Visibility: 20-35 meters

Sail Rock is a pinnacle shaped like an ice berg, offering a steep wall dive all the way around dropping to boulders stacked at 45 meters. The rugged rock formations also create an awesome chimney swim through from 18 meters to 6 meters vertically. The chimney boasts loads of corals and anemones throughout.

Sail rock is overwhelmed with marine life including whale sharks, black tips, white tips, giant groupers, black coral, anemone gardens, vertically falling reefs and all kinds of pelagic.

Shark Island
Max Depth: 28 meters
Diver Rating: Experienced
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

Shark island is very popular due to the diversity of marine life as you circum-navigate the island at different depths. At the deeper regions you can find Leopard Sharks, Reef Sharks, Jenkins Rays, Giant Morays and schools of big fish.

The shallower coral gardens boast many marine colours and abundant tropical fish life. Hawksbill Turtles live in this area and are frequently seen eating soft coral and swimming around.

South West Pinnacle
Max Depth: 30 meters
Diver Rating: Experienced
Average Visibility: 20-30 meters

Southwest is a series of steep pinnacles rising from rock and sand on the sea bed. Experienced divers can work their way through the staggered pinnacles from 30 meters on the bottom, finishing off with a hanging safetly stop overlooking the entire site.

Large schools of fish frequent the site including, Leopard Sharks, Blue Spotted rays, Pelagics and occasionally whale sharks and grey reef sharks.

Green Rock
Max Depth: 28 meters
Diver Rating: Experienced
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

Giant tumbling boulders create this dive site from 28 meters to just below the surface. Green Rock is a maze of swim-throughs, casms and caves filled with marine life. At the deeper end of the site giant trevalies, cobias, great barracudas, white-tip reef sharks, and Jenkins whiptail rays patrol the sea.

Bordering the boulder are the Trigger Fish pits. Many Titan and Yellow Margin triggers create craters as their nesting grounds. Beware.

White Rock
Max Depth: 30 meters
Diver Rating: Intermediate
Average Visibility: 20-30 meters

White Rock offers a good depth for beginners and intermediate divers with lots of marine life spread over a very large site. Titan Trigger fish are notorious for defending their nesting space when divers pass too closely.

White rock is a lovely site for night dives boasting lots of evening actions with giant barracuda feeding on fish that are stunned by your flash light.

Nang Yuan Pinnacle
Max Depth: 20 meters
Diver Rating: Open Water Divers
Average Visibility: 20-30 meters

Nang Yuan Pinnacle is situated just to the north of Koh Nangyuan. There are some very beautiful arches to swim through and a deep crack in its mid section, that runs the entire way around. Giant Whiptail rays, Giant Morays, reef sharks, many corals, sponges pipefish can be found.

Neighbouring the Pinnacle is Nangyuan Cave, a system that has many light sources creating surreal effects as you swim through. Many rays and moray eels can be found inside.

Twins
Max Depth: 18 meters
Diver Rating: Novice
Average Visibility: 20-30 meters

Situated on the western side of Koh Nang Yuan, Twins is made from two large groups of rocks creating a haven of marine life. Groupers, White Eyed Moray Eels, Blue Spotted Rays, Hard Corals and Trigger Fish are found st this site.

Mango Bay
Max Depth: 16 meters
Diver Rating: All Divers
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

Mango Bay is a secluded sandy bottomed bay surrounded by coral reef, an ideal location for learning how to dive, and a lovely relaxing fun dive for any afternoon. Schools of squid and small hawksbill turtles can be spotted here along with colourful tropical fish, hard and soft coral.

Japanese Gardens
Max Depth: 16 meters
Diver Rating: All Divers
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

Japanese gardens is made up of hundreds of hard and soft coral formations that create an image of oriental gardens. Further there are small cave systems that can be accessed by small groups of divers for exciting swim-throughs. Trigger fish, box fish, file fish and many other reef fish patrol the Japanese gardens.

Hin Wong Pinnacle
Max Depth: 40 meters
Diver Rating: All Divers
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

On the east coast of Koh Tao and situated in a bay of the same name, Hin Wong Pinnacle is a large site descending as deep as 40 metres. The summit is a tabletop rock formation within 10 metres of the surface and supporting black coral, soft coral and colourful sea fans.

You should see Jenkins whiptail rays, porcupine pufferfish and hawksbill turtles in the area. The boulder coastline hosts an array of caverns shallow with lightholes which are well worth looking in to see what they hide.

Aow Leuk
Max Depth: 18 meters
Diver Rating: Novice
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

With crystal clear warm water and a smooth sandy bottom Aow Leuk must be one of the best locations to learn to dive in the world. Situated on the Southeast of Koh Tao its depth ranges from ten to eighteen metres. There are also rock formations, boulder corals and other coral tors to stimulate interest.

Those who know what to look for will see masked porcupine fish and black-spotted puffers, Jenkins Whiptail rays and blue spotted fan-tail rays but all will see the many cowries, cushion stars and nudibranchs. Green and hawksbill turtles are found.

Light House Bay
Max Depth: 12 meters
Diver Rating: Novice
Average Visibility: 15-25 meters

Light House Bay is just to the north of Koh Tao with all the right depths for beginners and easy fun dives. This site has loads of colourful marine life.

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Master Divers Resort
Bungalows: 200B - 1500B

Master Divers resort is situated just behind Sairee Beach and is part of Sairee Cottage resort. All rooms have electric fan, ensuite western style bathrooms and balcony seating areas. Twin and double rooms are available.

Sairee Cottage has a large open air restaurant overlooking the beach, a great place to watch the sunset. It offers a large selection of traditional thai cuisine and western style food. Sairee beach has a variety of restaurants, beach bars and shops tucked away or along the main pathway.

Sairee Cottages
Bungalows: 150B - 800B per night

Sairee Cottages are located on the beautiful sairee beach. Prime position for both diving at master divers and getting amongst the lifestyle that exists on Koh Tao.

The bungalows are accompanied by a seafront open air restaurant which is open from early till late and is an ideal spot to stretch out in one of the hammocks and watch the sunsets.

Sensi Paradise Resort
Bungalows: 400B - 8000B per night

This superb waterfront resort is one of the premier on the island. Consisting of traditional Thai style houses it is set amongst the massive coastal boulders and palm trees that fringe the island. Situated just to the south of Mae Haad it is a short walk to the dive school. With views of the magnificent sunsets and the sound of the sea gently lapping over the sand and rocks you truly will be afforded a taste of paradise.

The accommodation ranges from detached twin bungalows to large air-conditioned family houses. It has its own quiet bar and an excellent restaurant that is open all day. It is very private and the friendly staff setout to make your stay as pleasant and stress free as possible.

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