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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Pinecone soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved
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Ribbontail stingray
Taeniura lymma
orlandin (C) All rights reserved
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Bearded ghoul
Inimicus didactylus
Stubblefield Photography (C) All rights reserved
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Titan triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens
stephan kerkhofs (C) All rights reserved
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Yellowmargin triggerfish
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Cigdem Sean Cooper (C) All rights reserved
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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Mark Doherty (C) All rights reserved
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Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
James A Dawson (C) All rights reserved
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Redbreasted wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Vlad61 (C) All rights reserved
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Sling-jaw wrasse (Adult)
Epibulus insidiator
orlandin (C) All rights reserved
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Checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus
Cigdem Sean Cooper (C) All rights reserved
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Tail-spot wrasse
Halichoeres melanurus
orlandin (C) All rights reserved
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Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
iliuta goean (C) All rights reserved
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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: 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.