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Thailand has become a popular destination for scuba diving and some of the long established dive locations are now very busy with divers. Chumphon National Park remains one of Thailand’s best kept scuba diving secrets and offers an opportunity to get away from the crowds and see more marine life. A formation of 40+ small islands sits just off the mainland coast, offering endless opportunities for scuba diving exploration and stunning scenery both above and below the water.

Already mapped are a wide variety of dive sites ranging from shallow bays to coral walls, rocky caves and even deep sunken pinnacles for the more advanced diver. The Chumphon National Park dive sites are rarely visited so there are fish galore. You can see an enormous range of aquatic life with everything ranging from barracuda and trevally to shrimps, morays, sea-snakes, stingrays, turtles, scorpion-fish and even whale sharks visible around the Chumphon dive sites (and much more).

Proximity to the coast, nearby river estuaries and shallow depths mean that visibility at the nearest Chumphon dive sites can be a bit inconsistent. But even when visibility does drop, exploring at a relaxed slow pace means you’ll appreciate the high density of diverse marine life and corals and enjoy great dives. (And on the clear days and more distant dive sites the diving can be unbeatable with visibility in excess of 30M). (source: truevoyage.com)

  1. Brown-marbled grouper

    Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

    stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved

  2. Malabar grouper

    Epinephelus malabaricus

    stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved

  3. Harlequin sweetlips (adult)

    Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

    think4photop (C) All rights reserved

  4. Harlequin sweetlips (juvenile)

    Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

    orlandin (C) All rights reserved

  5. Herring scad

    Alepes vari

    Derek Keats (CC: BY)

  6. Orangespotted trevally (yellowish)

    Carangoides bajad

    stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved

  7. Bluefin trevally

    Caranx melampygus

    Paul and Jill (CC: BY)

  8. Golden medusa

    Phyllorhiza punctata

    Roberto Caucino (C) All rights reserved

  1. Peacock mantis shrimp

    Odontodactylus scyllarus

    Teguh Tirtaputra (C) All rights reserved

  2. Christmas tree worm

    Spirobranchus giganteus

    John A. Anderson (C) All rights reserved

  3. Moorish idol

    Zanclus cornutus

    Ian Scott (C) All rights reserved

  4. Giant moray

    Gymnothorax javanicus

    Kristina Vackova (C) All rights reserved

  5. Greyface moray

    Gymnothorax thyrsoideus

    Elias Levy (CC: BY)

  6. Dotted nudibranch

    Jorunna funebris

    Jette Vis (C) All rights reserved

  7. Varicose wart slug

    Phyllidia varicosa

    marianneb (C) All rights reserved

  8. Green humphead parrotfish

    Bolbometopon muricatum

    DrTH80 (CC: BY)

  1. Blue-barred parrotfish (adult)

    Scarus ghobban

    Levent Konuk (C) All rights reserved

  2. Ember parrotfish (male)

    Scarus rubroviolaceus

    Derek Keats (CC: BY)

  3. Spot-fin porcupinefish

    Diodon hystrix

    Peter Leahy (C) All rights reserved

  4. Black-blotched porcupinefish

    Diodon liturosus

    asands (CC: BY SA)

  5. Stellate puffer (adult)

    Arothron stellatus

    Stubblefield Photography (C) All rights reserved

  6. Bearded scorpionfish

    Scorpaenopsis barbata

    prilfish (CC: BY)

  7. Thorny seahorse

    Hippocampus histrix

    Ye Choh Wah (C) All rights reserved

  8. Columbrine sea krait

    Laticauda colubrina

    Elias Levy (CC: BY)

  1. Crown-of-thorns starfish (appearance 1)

    Acanthaster planci

    Kim Briers (C) All rights reserved

  2. Long-spine sea urchin

    Diadema setosum

    Jung Hsuan (C) All rights reserved

  3. Bull shark

    Carcharhinus leucas

    FAUP (C) All rights reserved

  4. Blacktip reef shark

    Carcharhinus melanopterus

    Ruth Black (C) All rights reserved

  5. Whale shark

    Rhincodon typus

    kaschibo (C) All rights reserved

  6. Hingebeak shrimp

    Rhynchocinetes durbanensis

    Whatafoto (C) All rights reserved

  7. Banded coral shrimp

    Stenopus hispidus

    serg_dibrova (C) All rights reserved

  8. Checkered snapper

    Lutjanus decussatus

    orlandin (C) All rights reserved

Tags: Marine life, Fish, Coral, Fishcard, Fishslate, Scuba diving, Snorkeling, Underwaterphotography, Uwphotography, Reeflife, MyFishGallery.

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: Chumphon, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand, Diving Chumphon, Diving Gulf of Thailand, Diving Thailand, Marine life Chumphon, Marine life Gulf of Thailand, Snorkeling Chumphon, Snorkeling Gulf of Thailand, Holiday Chumphon.