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Red Rock (Shark Island)

Dive Location:  1km off the southern tip of Koh Tao.
Depth: Average 15m / Maximum 28m

The good thing about this site, provided access is possible, is that you can virtually always have a pleasant dive; it also offers very good night-diving. The site consists of a steeply sloping reef.

The shallower part, around the northeast section, varies from 4m to 2m and is an excellent place to snorkel. Lavish sea anemone gardens and table corals are interspersed with large flat-topped rocks, providing a playground for a multitude of reef-fish: titan triggerfish, pairs of blue-ringed angelfish, lunar and bicolour wrasse, large parrotfish and fusiliers. In the sand, blue-spotted stingrays can be seen.

There have also been reliable sightings of hawksbill and green turtles, and as the name implies, reef sharks!

For featured dive centres

• Bans Diving Resort
• Planet Scuba
• Scuba Junction

Hawksbill Turtle

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