Shark Island Dive Site

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3/5
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Very interesting sea life
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None or Light current
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Outstanding! 20m and more
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Normal diving depth, 10-25m

Shark Island dive site is one of the best dive spots around Ko Tao. It consists of several rock boulders covered by nice soft coral, gorgonians and sponges. There is a very nice swim-through starting at 20 m deep. You can see there moray eels, nudibranchs, blue spotted sting rays and the beautiful and harmless Leopard Shark. Always be careful to the agressive Titan triggerfish! A Whale Shark is sometimes spotted here. There is usually some current and it gives a good opportunity for drift diving. The maximum depht is 28 meters deep. Shark Island is located 25 km South of Ko Tao. You can also dive there from Koh Samui on a day trip. This spot is also called Red Rock or Sail Rock.

Location based around one or many Rocks.

You can dive Shark Island all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Shark Island on the right for the exact location.

Shark Island Shark Island dive site is one of the best dive spots around Ko Tao. It consists of several rock boul... Julien 3

Fishes you may spot while diving Shark Island

  • Leopard Shark Leopard Shark

... and more fishes & sea life, Titan Triggerfish

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Dive spots in Koh Tao

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Hin pee wee

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Hin pee wee dive site is located on the North West side of Ko Tao Island. It is a great reef composed of 3 pinnacles wit...
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Nang Yuan Pinnacle

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Nang Yuan Pinnacle is located on the Northwest side between Koh Nang Yuan and Ko Tao Island. The dive site consists of a...
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Mango Bay

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Mango Bay is a nice and easy dive site. The depth ranges from 2 m to 15 m and it is a perfect place to learn diving. It ...
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South West Rock

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South West Rock dive site is located about 13 km southwest of Ko Tao Island. It is one of the best spot of the area. It ...
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Hin Wong Pinnacle

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Hin Wong Pinnacle dive site is located on the North East side of Ko Tao Island. It consists of several underwater rock b...
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Three Rocks

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Three Rocks dive site consists of 3 superb underwater pinnacles. The sandy bottom is at 14 meters deep. This spot is sui...
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White Rock

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White Rock dive site is located South of Koh Nang Yuan. It consists of two Large rock boulders as well as a shallow cora...
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Sai Ree Beach

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Sai Ree Beach is located on the West side of Ko Tao Island. It is a very easy dive site perfect for learning to dive and...
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Chumphon Pinnacle

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Chumphon Pinnacle is an excellent dive site and the best one in Ko Tao. The spot features several pinnacles and underwat...
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Twins

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Twins dive site is also called Twin Peaks. It is one of the best dive spots around Ko Tao. It consists of 2 large underw...
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Laem Thian

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Laem Thian dive site is located on the East side of Ko Tao Island. It is an easy and relaxing diving spot suitable for a...
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Japanese Garden

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Japanese Garden is a shallow and easy dive site. It is used by many of the dive centres for the first diving lessons due...
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Tanote Bay

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Tanote Bay is an easy and relaxing dive site. It is located one km South of Laem Thian in a protected bay. The spot cons...
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Aow Leuk

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Aow Leuk is a shallow and very easy dive site. It is a perfect spot to learn scuba diving. The sandy bottom is gently go...
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Green Rock

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Green Rock is great dive site in Ko Tao. It consists of several interesting rock formations creating small caves and swi...

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