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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. 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

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.