Koh Phangan has lovely sites around the island which are perfect for both beginners and trained divers. From easy dives off the beach to longer trips by boat you can experience the world of tropical diving. All of the dive sites directly around Koh Pha-Ngan are situated on the south west, west and north coasts of the island, with the highest concentration of sites being in the west.
During local dives you are likely to see a surprising variety of hard corals & a healthy cross section of reef & pelagic fish. The main structure of the reefs is hump coral (porites sp.), offering shelter to several different staghorn & table corals, plate & leaf corals, some extensive anemone corals, large brain corals (etc etc!) plus filter & soft corals on the deeper sites.
Every dive should introduce you to a variety of damselfish, angelfish, groupers (some of a fair size!), goatfish, wrasse & parrotfish, snapper & anemonefish to name but a few. You can also find stingray, big schooling barracuda, cuttlefish, tuna & hunting mackerel for example.
(source: kohphangan-tourism.com)
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Brown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved
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Malabar grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus
stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved
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Harlequin sweetlips (adult)
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
think4photop (C) All rights reserved
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Harlequin sweetlips (juvenile)
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
orlandin (C) All rights reserved
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Herring scad
Alepes vari
Derek Keats (CC: BY)
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Orangespotted trevally (yellowish)
Carangoides bajad
stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved
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Bluefin trevally
Caranx melampygus
Paul and Jill (CC: BY)
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Golden medusa
Phyllorhiza punctata
Roberto Caucino (C) All rights reserved
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Peacock mantis shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus
Teguh Tirtaputra (C) All rights reserved
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Christmas tree worm
Spirobranchus giganteus
John A. Anderson (C) All rights reserved
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Moorish idol
Zanclus cornutus
Ian Scott (C) All rights reserved
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Giant moray
Gymnothorax javanicus
Kristina Vackova (C) All rights reserved
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Greyface moray
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
Elias Levy (CC: BY)
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Dotted nudibranch
Jorunna funebris
Jette Vis (C) All rights reserved
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Varicose wart slug
Phyllidia varicosa
marianneb (C) All rights reserved
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Green humphead parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
DrTH80 (CC: BY)
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Blue-barred parrotfish (adult)
Scarus ghobban
Levent Konuk (C) All rights reserved
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Ember parrotfish (male)
Scarus rubroviolaceus
Derek Keats (CC: BY)
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Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
Peter Leahy (C) All rights reserved
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Black-blotched porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
asands (CC: BY SA)
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Stellate puffer (adult)
Arothron stellatus
Stubblefield Photography (C) All rights reserved
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Bearded scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis barbata
prilfish (CC: BY)
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Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
Ye Choh Wah (C) All rights reserved
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Columbrine sea krait
Laticauda colubrina
Elias Levy (CC: BY)
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Crown-of-thorns starfish (appearance 1)
Acanthaster planci
Kim Briers (C) All rights reserved
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Long-spine sea urchin
Diadema setosum
Jung Hsuan (C) All rights reserved
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Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
FAUP (C) All rights reserved
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Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Ruth Black (C) All rights reserved
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Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
kaschibo (C) All rights reserved
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Hingebeak shrimp
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Whatafoto (C) All rights reserved
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Banded coral shrimp
Stenopus hispidus
serg_dibrova (C) All rights reserved
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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: Koh Phangan, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand, Diving Koh Phangan, Diving Gulf of Thailand, Diving Thailand, Marine life Koh Phangan, Marine life Gulf of Thailand, Snorkeling Koh Phangan, Snorkeling Gulf of Thailand, Holiday Koh Phangan.