Local Scuba Diving Sites in Thailand
Below is a list of our local dive sites and some details about each one. There is fantastic bio diversity in this part of the Andaman Sea so we have distilled the life to a few of the species likely to be found at each dive site.
Click on the map to find out more about the marine life at a particular dive site.
Blacktip Cave
Location: Middle-northern ocean side of Koh Pling Yai
Type: Scattered boulders and cave
Depth: 5-12m
Life: Batfish, emperor angelfish, lined surgeon fish, blacktip reef sharks, honeycomb moray
Barracuda Point
Location: Southern side of Koh Pling Yai. Northern part of Koh Pling channel
Type: Coral gardens and boulders
Depth: 3-12m
Life: Juvenile cuttlefish, juvenile sweetlips, great barracuda, moorish idol, nudibranch (risbecia)
Pipefish Lane
Location: Northern side of Koh Pling Noi. Southern part of Koh Pling channel
Type: Coral gardens and boulders
Depth: 3-12m
Life: Schools of snapper, brown marbled grouper, nudibranch (chromodoris), bent stick pipefish, clown anemone fish
Nudi Hole
Location: Middle-southern ocean side of Koh Pling Noi
Type: Scattered boulders and rock crevices
Depth: 5-12m
Life: Zebra lionfish, flatworm, sponge snail, porcupine pufferfish, nudibranch (hypselodoris, risbecia, chromodoris + more)
Hornbill Rocks
Location: Northern tip of Golden Buddha Beach. Ocean side of Hornbill Hill.
Type: Coral outcrops and boulders
Depth: 3-7m
Life: Spiny lobster, starry pufferfish, beaked coralfish, cube boxfish, nudibranch (chromodoris)
