Diving sites in Ko Tao

Ko Tao, Thailand is known for its numerous dive sites. Diving plays a significant role in the local economy.

Name	Max. depth	Visibility	Average depth	Level	Features	Marine life
Red Rock (Shark Island)[1]	28m	5-30m	15m	Open water +	Huge boulders and rock formations, stunning soft corals. Drift diving for the experienced.	Resident turtle, great barracuda, titan triggerfish and clown triggerfish
Hin Wong Pinnacle[2]	40m	15-20m	17m	Open water +	Tabletop rock formation covered with a variety of hard and soft corals.	Hawksbill turtle, snapper, sweetlips, porcupine pufferfish, juvenile boxfish
Mango Bay[3]	16m	5-20m	10m	Beginner +	Only accessible by boat and a perfect dive site for first timers with a sandy bottom and shallow reef. Now also accessible by a recently built road through the jungle from Sairee beach	Small reef fish, puffer, moray eels
white rock[4]	20m	10-30m	12m	Open water +	A wide band of coral reef with an impressive diversity of hard and soft corals.	Wrasses, butterflyfish, angelfish, moray eels, clownfish, and triggerfish.
Nang Yuan Pinnacle[5]	19m	10-30m	10m	Open water +	A large boulder with swim-through arches and to the west a large cave to explore.	Giant whiptail ray, moray, pipefish, crabs, titan triggerfish and reef shark.
Twins[6]	22m	10-25m	12m	Open water +	Three groups of granite rocks covered in corals and sponges, divided by sandy patches and a backdrop of colorful coral garden.	Blue spotted ray, juvenile blue-ringed angelfish, six-barred angelfish, clownfish, scorpionfish and pink anemone.
Green rock[7]	28m	10-30m	16m	Open water+	A maze of swim-throughs, canyons, caverns and caves created by giant boulders.	Yellow-margin and titan triggerfish, giant trevallies, cobias and stingrays, occasional reef shark sightings.
Japanese gardens	14m	10-15m	10m	Beginner +	Hundreds of hard and soft coral formations creating the impression of an oriental garden. A dive boat also rests at around 15 meters, which was destroyed in the summer of 2009 and was towed to the site.	Abundance of small coral fish and a variety of nudibranchs.
Chumphon pinnacle[8]	45m	5-30m	24m	Experienced diver	Four granite pinnacle carpeted with anemones.	Whale shark (seasonal), giant grouper, barracuda, bull shark, bat fish and tuna.
South west pinnacle[9]	33m	10-30m	20m	Advanced +	A collection of pinnacles with a unique topo-graphical arrangement, giant fan corals.	Whale shark (seasonal), giant grouper, barracuda, occasional leopard shark.
Sail rock[10]	45m	15-35m	30m	All level	Huge rock chimmey with an amazing vertical swim-through that ascends from 18m to 8m. Amongst the gulf of Thailand first diving sites	Large pelagics, king mackerel, tuna, whale shark and manta.

References

1. Red Rock (Shark Island)
2. Hin Wong Pinnacle
3. Mango Bay
4. white rock
5. Nang Yuan Pinnacle
6. Twins
7. Green rock
8. Chumphon pinnacle
9. South west pinnacle
10. Sail rock