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Just sixty miles northwest of the bustling crowds of holiday makers on Phuket's Kata Beach lie the Similan Islands. The Similan Marine National Park includes nine islands running from south to north and are numbered accordingly. The Islands are low lying granite boulder formations, densely covered with tropical vegetation and are home to crab-eating monkeys, dusky lingers, squirrels, bats and a large variety of birds.
The picturesque and often deserted white coral sandy beaches and huge boulder formations are not the only attractions however as some of the most interesting sights are to be found beneath the waves. The most spectacular coral growths in the world can be found here and the same boulders that scatter the shores have turned the azure blue waters around the Similans into an adventure playground for divers.

Name of Dive site

Average Depth

  Maximum Depth

Description
m ft m ft
Golden Arches    11 36 32 106 Three rock arches (boulder)
Christmas Point 20 66 34 113 Mazes of  swimthroughs
Breakfast Bend 16 53 34 113 Staghorn coral, scattered coral heads, garden eels
Mooring Rocks 11 36  27 90   
Donald Duck Bay 8 16 14 46 Scattered coral heads
Turtle Rock 20 66 30 100 Swimthroughs
Fantasy Reef 18 60 40+ 130+ One of the  favorites, great photography
Beacon Beach 12-18 39-59 34 113   
Beacon Point 16 53 55 180   
Elephant Head 24 80 70 235

Another favorite, massive boulder formations and swimthroughs , arches, and caverns
Deep Six 18 60  40 130 Large sea fans, turtles, Leopard sharks.
East of Eden 22 73 34 113 Steep sloping hard coral reef, Bowmouth Guitar Shark
Stonehenge 28 93 40 130 Deep dive, towering rocks, shovel nosed shark
Barracuda Point 14 46 34 113 Large boulders with sea fans and sea whips
Bird Rock 18 60 40 130 Swimthroughs at 16 m (53 ft)
Shark Fin Reef 16 53 40 130 Three reef outcrops, swimthroughs
Boulder City 19 63 32 106 Mountainous boulder formations
Coral Gardens 5 16 24 80

Table corals.
Surgeon Rocks 18 60 35 115 Large scattered boulders


 

On the western side of the islands huge granite boulders, some as big as houses, spill in jumbled piles beneath the surface of the sea to 35 meters and beyond. Submarine peaks, canyons, caves and passageways provide scuba divers with some of the most interesting prospects in the world.
Dives on 'Fantasy reef', 'Christmas tree point' and 'Bird rock' provide some exhilarating deep and drift diving where manta rays, reef sharks, napoleon wrasses and other large pelagic are frequently encountered. On the eastern side of the islands the boulders have been largely buried by coral and sand and you will find a wide variety of hard and soft corals. Most reefs consist of sloping drop-offs to approximately 35 meters and a highlight of any east coast dive are sightings of rare bow mouth guitar sharks and hawksbill turtles.
Between the islands, tidal currents of up to 2 knots make for some exciting drift diving down 'Snapper Alley' to 'Hamburger Hill' and no trip to the Similans is complete without a dive on 'Elephant Head' which offers the best of both east and west coasts at one spectacular location.


 


 

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