Dive Sites

Chumphon Pinnacles
Max Depth : 35 m.
Description : Enormous isolated granite pinnacles situated north west from Koh Tao.
Marine Life Highlights : Many large grey reef sharks (up to 2 metres), giant groupers, barracudas and batfish. Whale sharks if you're lucky!
Corals : Scattered whip corals.
Other : Masses of anemones covering the top of the rocks with many pink anemone fish.

Green Rock
Max Depth : 24 m.
Description : Pinnacle with many scattered boulders and mixed corals.
Marine Life Highlights : Yellow margin & titan triggerfish, moray eels and large angel fish.
Corals : Mixed hard corals around pinnacle - soft and mushroom corals deeper.
Other : Many exciting swimthroughs between the giant boulders.

Southwest Pinnacles
Max Depth : 28 m.
Description : One large granite pinnacle surrounded by smaller pinnacles.
Marine Life Highlights : Giant grouper, barracudas, jacks and many blue spotted stingrays.
Corals : Excellent mixed corals.
Other : Occasional whale shark visits.

Twins
Max Depth : 19 m.
Description : Shallow pinnacles with lots of marine life.
Marine Life Highlights : Wrasses, butterfly and angelfish, somtimes turtles!
Corals : Mixed hard corals.
Other : Secret Pinnacle out to west with cleaner shrimp colony.

Japanese Gardens
Max Depth : 16 meters.
Description : Shallow bay with roped off area for snorkelling / training.
Marine Life Highlights : Butterfly fish, christmas tree worms.
Corals : Many hard plate corals tiering away from Nangyuan.
Other : A nice easy spot for begginers.

Red Rock
Max Depth : 22 m.
Description : Single pinnacle plus hard corals lining the side of Nangyuan Island.
Marine Life Highlights : Occasional green and hawksbill turtles, sweetlips.
Corals :
Other : Maybe combined as nice one way dive into Japanese Gardens.

Mango Bay
Max Depth : 30 metres.
Description : Large shallow bay, with possible drop off dives at periphery.
Marine Life Highlights : Many seahorses!
Corals : Masses of staghorn coral and large bombies.
Other : An excellent site for snorkelling.

Sail Rock
Max Depth : 30 meters.
Description : Small island with vertical walls.
Marine Life Highlights : Masses of pelagic fish, groupers and scorpionfish.
Corals : Mixed hard and soft corals cover the wall of the island.
Other : Awesome vertical chimney swimthrough from 18 to 6 meters.

White Rock
Max Depth : 20 m.
Description : Scattered shallow rocks.
Marine Life Highlights : Aggressive Titan Triggerfish, blue spotted stingrays and occasional turtles.
Corals : Mixed hard corals around boulders.
Other : Fantastic great barracuda hunting action on night dives.

Hin Pee Wee
Max Depth : 26 meters.
Description : 3 pinnacles, slightly deeper than white rock.
Marine Life Highlights : Blue spotted and jenkins rays, moray eels, some reef fish.
Corals : mixed hard corals near top of pinnacles and deeper soft corals.
Other : Normally a quieter dive site.

3 rocks
Max Depth : 8 meters.
Description : Large shallow boulders.
Marine Life Highlights : Leopard shark has been sighted here basking on sand.
Corals : Little.
Other

Shark Island
Max Depth : 40 meters.
Description : Small island situated off south end of Koh Tao.
Marine Life Highlights : Trigger fish, sometimes turtles and many reef fish.
Corals : Some of the best around koh Tao.
Other : soft corals at South-Eastern end sloping away to 40 meters.

Aow Leuk
Max Depth : 14 meters.
Description : Large Shallow bay.
Marine Life Highlights : Christmas tree worms, many reef fish.
Corals : Hard coral reef running along front of bay.
Other : Nice easy site for training or snorkelling.

Tanote Bay
Max Depth : 20 m.
Description : Undeveloped bay with interesting rock formations.
Marine Life Highlights : Turtles, many small reef fish, Giant moray.
Corals : Pleasant shallow reef across bay.
Other : Sunken catamaran on the sand at 18 meters.

Laem Thian
Max Depth 30 metres.
Description Rocky portion of Koh Tao coastline.
Marine Life Highlights Longfin bannerfish, butterfly and angelfish.
Corals Masses of whip corals at depth.
Other Maze of swimthroughs amongst the boulders.

Mao Bay
Max Depth : 14 metres.
Description : Shallow bay.
Marine Life Highlights : Many small reef fish, occasional king mackerels.
Corals : Mixed hard and soft corals.
Other : A little dived site so corals are more healthy than in other places.

Hin Wong Pinnacle
Max Depth : 12 meters.
Description : Enormous area of scattered rocks.
Marine Life Highlights : Morays, stingrays, wrasses and lobster.
Corals : Mixed hard and fantastic soft corals.
Other : Slopes away to almost 40 meters - an enormous dive site.

Hin Wong Bay
Max Depth : 14 metres.
Description : Shallow sheltered bay.
Marine Life Highlights : Many small reef fish.
Corals : Some hard corals.
Other : Shallow swimthroughs amongst boulders.

Lighthouse Bay
Max Depth : 22 m.
Description : Shallow bay with small pinnacle located outside.
Marine Life Highlights : Turtle, reef fish, blue spotted stingrays.
Corals : Healthy mixed reed.
Other : Not often dived so quiet and in good condition.

Sairee Reef
Max Depth : 12 meters.
Description : Enormous shallow bay.
Marine Life Highlights : Mixed reef fish.
Corals : Suprisingly good reef with large coral bombies as you get further out.
Other : Some small pinnacles accross bay (Lotus pinnacle).