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There are some excellent diving and snorkelling opportunities around Koh Chang and the region is rapidly developing into a major centre of diving in Thailand. Diving Koh Chang is mainly at reasonably shallow depths with good reefs located at 5 to 25 metres. Visibility can reach 30m but is variable. You can dive year round but the best time is between October and the end of May since rougher seas during the rainy season can reduce visibility or make it difficult to reach the dive sites. However there are calmer periods in the rainy season when diving conditions are OK.

There are impressive reefs in the area with a variety of soft and hard corals including Massive, Columnar and Stagshorn Corals. These support a range of tropical reef life including Blue Tipped Rays, Moray Eels, Trigger Fish, Grouper and Batfish. Turtles can be spotted and Whale Sharks are also seen in the area from time to time.

There are a series of dive sites offering good diving at 5-18m around the seamounts and small islands to the West of Koh Chang. These include Koh Man Nok and Hin Sam Sao. The deeper dive sites are located off some of the islands and seamounts to the South of the Archipelago. Hin Luk Bat has a lot of good coral and some good swim-throughs. Hin Raap is a deeper rocky site with good soft corals.There are also some good dive sites around Koh Rang Island. This is slightly further away from Koh Chang but well worth the journey to dive some interesting pinnacles and see some of the best coral reef in the region. (source: koh-chang-guide.com)

  1. Pinecone soldierfish

    Myripristis murdjan

    stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved

  2. Ribbontail stingray

    Taeniura lymma

    orlandin (C) All rights reserved

  3. Bearded ghoul

    Inimicus didactylus

    Stubblefield Photography (C) All rights reserved

  4. Titan triggerfish

    Balistoides viridescens

    stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved

  5. Yellowmargin triggerfish

    Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus

    Cigdem Sean Cooper (C) All rights reserved

  6. Green sea turtle

    Chelonia mydas

    Mark Doherty (C) All rights reserved

  7. Hawksbill sea turtle

    Eretmochelys imbricata

    James A Dawson (C) All rights reserved

  8. Redbreasted wrasse

    Cheilinus fasciatus

    Vlad61 (C) All rights reserved

  1. Sling-jaw wrasse (Adult)

    Epibulus insidiator

    orlandin (C) All rights reserved

  2. Checkerboard wrasse

    Halichoeres hortulanus

    Cigdem Sean Cooper (C) All rights reserved

  3. Tail-spot wrasse

    Halichoeres melanurus

    orlandin (C) All rights reserved

  4. Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

    Labroides dimidiatus

    iliuta goean (C) All rights reserved

  5. Moon wrasse

    Thalassoma lunare

    iliuta goean (C) All rights reserved

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Marine life tags: Whale shark, Green Turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle, Titan triggerfish, Clown anemonefish (a.k.a. Clownfish, Nemo), Great barracuda, Yellow boxfish, Bull shark, Ribbontail stingray (a.k.a. Blue spotted stingray), Yellowmargin triggerfish, Orbicular batfish, Malabar grouper, Harlequin sweetlips, Christmas tree worm, Greyface moray, Bearded scorpionfish, Black-blotched porcupinefish (a.k.a. Pufferfish), Nudibranchs.

Locationtags: Koh Chang, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand, Diving Koh Chang, Diving Gulf of Thailand, Diving Thailand, Marine life Koh Chang, Marine life Gulf of Thailand, Snorkeling Koh Chang, Snorkeling Gulf of Thailand, Holiday Koh Chang.