Dive sites in Koh Tao

HTMS Sattakut Mae Haad, Thailand

The vessle was intentionally sunk in June 2011 to creat an artifical reef and ofcourse a wreck dive too. It was an amphibious assault ship of the Second World War utilized to land large numbers of infantry directly onto beaches.48m long and 7m wide.

Shark Island Koh Tao, Thailand

Huge boulders and rock formations, stunning soft corals. drift diving for the experienced. The island is really good, sometimes if is not to much current is posible go around the island.You always see Polka Dot Nudibranch here, often turtles and sometime you can see whalesharks too. Its the only…

Chumphon Pinnacle Koh Tao, Thailand

Chumphon Pinnacle is a widely regarded as KOh Tao´s best dive site. It´s one huge pinnacle that starts from 30 mtr, and goes up to 14mtr. There is a separate smaller pinnacle, Barracuda Rock (located to the south west) wich is also definitely worth a visit. Enjoy Koh Tao´s premier…

Green Rock Koh Tao, Thailand

Boulder formations with short tunnels and swim-throughs. Green rock is a fun dive place. Its made up of many large boulders, with lots of swim throughs weaving their way between. Watch out for the many triggerfish who inhabit this dive site, as they may ensure your dive will be an exciting…

Hin pee wee Koh Tao, Thailand

Description : Named after one of the original diving pioneers of Koh Tao, Hin Pee Wee consists three main pinnacles a little deeper and larger than White Rock.Marine Life Highlights : Lots of white eyed moray eels and stingrays - both blue spotted and sometimes larger Jenkins rays.Corals : Hard an…

Hin Wong Pinnacle Koh Tao, Thailand

Hin Wong pinnacle ia a special dive site as it is home to a huge amount of fan type corals (more than any other dive site on Koh Tao). At the soth end of Hi Wong are some large boulders for divers to explore.Species: Tabletop rock formation covered with a variety of hard and soft corals. Hawksbill…

Laem Thian Koh Tao, Thailand

Located on the east coast of Koh Tao, Laem Thian is an exciting dive site. The many huge boulders that cluster on the coastline provide numerous swim throughs and caves. This dive site is perfect for the more experienced divers who really want to test their bouyancy control.things to see: slungs,…

Mango Bay Koh Tao, Thailand

Mango Bay is a lovely sandy bay with coral reef down either side. A huge group of scad grace the reef and will surround you in a vortex of fish. Search the sand for seahorses, sea moths and other macro critters too. The site is perfect for beginners, photographers and perfect for a shallow calm dive…

South West Pinnacle Koh Tao, Thailand

It´s probably with chumpon, the best places in koh tao. Is a huge pinnacle, with many smaller rock formations, with kind of corridors between those, where is posible to find fish into the cracks, you can find a few swim through. Anoother secret pinnacle is 120º from the east buoy!things…

Twins Koh Tao, Thailand

Definitely one of the most popular dive sites in koh tao, twins is made up of two main rock formations in calm shallow waters. Its a site that will appeal to all levels of divers as it is a lots of fun and has to much to offer.In the north part of this dive site is the bouyancy worldClose to this…

Aow Luek Koh Tao, Thailand

Aow Leuk is a lovely shallow and sheltered bay. Its perfect for snorkeling and entry level as well as being bright and colourful for underwater photographers. Its one of the few places that you can see lion fish and juvenile black tip sharks too. There is a conservation clam project in the bay and…

Tanote Bay Koh Tao, Thailand

This place is located in one of the most beautiful beachs in koh tao... the places is small but is pretti good sometimes is posible to practice a snorkel, lot of life in the reef close to the big rock.Things to see: Inicorn-fish (white ones & black with orange tale), barracudas, angelfish,…

Buoyancy World Koh Tao, Thailand

Buoyancy World is an artificial dive site that has been created to take pressure off exisiting dive sites. The idea is that it not only creates new habitats but offers instructors a training area where they can take students learning buoyancy. Student divers have something fun and interesting to see…

Japanese Garden Koh Tao, Thailand

Japanese Garden is a pretty and shallow dive site, perfect for beginners. With its large selection of corals divers find it very beutiful. On the south side if this dive site swim throughs can be found, great for testing your bouyancy control.Things to see: Funnel corals, Mushroom corals, Angelfish,…

Nang Yuan Pinnacle Koh Tao, Thailand

Also called Red Rock.It is a large boulder with swim-through arches and to the west a large cave to explore.You can see turtles often and a big variety of nudibranches. This is one of the few places to see pink tailed trigger fish.As it is very close, a typical dive is to drop off divers here and…

Sai Ree Beach Koh Tao, Thailand

"House Reef" for local dive operaters out of Sai Ree BeachYou can often see flatworms here and there are there are colonys of anemone fish too

Three Rocks & Pottery Koh Tao, Thailand

Located just 2 minutes from Mae Haad pier, these two dive sites are an excelent choice for beginners. 3 Rocks can be seen from the surface, and underwater there are many boulders an a swim trhough to explore. Pottery is slightly deeper and is made up of many small rocks formations.Things to see:…

White Rock Koh Tao, Thailand

Two large granite boulders and a coral garden; great night dive spot. Being one of the largest dive sites on koh tao, White rock has a huge variety of fish life. It is made up of two large rock formations, with beautiful coral gardens in betwen. The actual " white rock" is located to the north east…

M.V.Trident Wreck Koh Tao, Thailand

In september 2011, a new artificial reef was created on Koh Tao. A liveaboard vessel was decommisioned and made safe for the environmentand then sunk just off the south of Koh Tao. It was sunk just to the south of Koh Tao to make a new dive site and artificial reef.A local film company filmed the…