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Thailand
PADI 5 Stars Dive Centers offers tropical wonders
The
Diving Sites
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Sail
Rock
A
rock which come out of the sea from a depth of
40 meter. Enriched by tropical life, typical daily
encounters are with giant barracudas schools of
batfish, giant groupers waiting for their catch.
As
you enter the chimney at 25 meter and ascent to
15 meter, you visit there the world of the nudibranchs,
clown fish as hide in the anemones.
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During
your dive in Sail Rock never forget to look in the blue,
the whale sharks and the mantas rays are there !!
Chumporn
Pinnacle
Famous
pinnacle which starts at 15 meter and drop to 35 meter.
Swim through amongst gorges at 25 meter where man-sized
groupers can be met.
Pelagics
fish found in this site are jacks, trevallys and tunas.
A beautiful garden of sea anemones are an other attraction
all over the rock surface between 16-18 meter.
Red
Rock
Two
rocks outcrops where its base on an impressive dive
sites in terraces. A home of marine life where you can
see the beauty of the gorgonian coral, sea whips, flowery
polyps, staghorn corals are some of this underwater
garden.
Triggers,
moorish idol, snappers are some of the fish actively
swimming around.
Southwest
Pinnacle
Favorite
remarkable dive site of a 25 maximum depth surrounding
by rocks and swim through where you see big school of
barracudas, giant moray eels and famous blue spotted
sting ray hiding on the sand looking for food.
White
Rock
The
tip of the rocks are about two meres to the surface
and drops to variable depth of 18-22 meters.
Colonies
of staghorn corals are apparent and they attract breams
and damsels to make their homes. Groupers, snappers,
sweetlips and moray eels are sighted distinctly amongst
other small species of resident fish.
One
of the attractions that divers come to see at White
Rock is a rebel titan Trigger fish, these fish are territorial
by nature and he makes diving in this area a real adventure
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Ao
Leuk & Mango Bay
The classroom
These
two dive sites are located within a calm bay of Koh
Tao. The shallow depth of 3-12 meters provide an excellent
dive site for courses or for divers to climates after
a long journey around the archipelago.
The
seabed is sandy with isolated coral mounts and the neptune
cups are prominent amongst the sponges and its wall
are covered with juvenile alabaster cucumbers.
Strange
rows of low sandy mounts builds by crustaceans or fish
are seen away from the coral reef.
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Koh
Tao
Although
jungle walks and lounging by the seaside are nothing
short of excellent and the people are as delightful
as those found anywhere on the planet, the chances
are the reason you want to visit Koh Tao is because
of its legendary diving opportunities.
Koh
Nang Yuan
This
dive site comprises two islets & a rock. The
bay on
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the
eastern side offer an excellent site for night dive where
the current is at its minimum. Maximum depth is 12 meter.
The growth of coral life are at its best.
Noctural
fishes, crabs & shrimps react actively to the torch
light and the sea fans will show you his impressive
colors in this area.
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