Chumphon Pinnacles (North West of Koh Tao)

Location : About 5km. northwest of Nang Yuan.
Depth : Average 20m. / Maximum 36m.

This is Koh Tao's most impressive site, and certainly one of the most popular. Divers revisiting the island always enquire as to when the earliest scheduled trip to Chumphon Pinnacles is!

The site consists of 4 interconnected underwater pinnacles which tower up form around 34m; the highest peaks are 16m. Below the surface. This is an ideal place to spot many pelagics. Large schools of great barracuda, big-eye jacks, tuna, mackerel, goldbody and giant trevally are all frequent visitor. Whale sharks, with accompanying striped than any other site in the Gulf.

Bulky Grey reef sharks are seen in the depths away from the base of the rocky structure.

Grey Reef Shark diving Chumporn Pinnacle

& whale shark

source Reference : PocketGuide DiveThailand
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