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Southwest Pinnacles

Dive Location:  About 7km southwest of Koh Tao.
Depth: Average 17m / Maximum 28m

These three submerged pinnacles represent a series of short wall-dives. The more noticeable of the surrounding reef-life includes groupers, schooling bannerfish, moorish idols and humpback snappers. In the gullies between the rocks are many bushy black corals, sea whips and gorgonian sea fans, all in relatively good health. Butterflyfish, including raccoon and threadfin, share these waters. The walls of the pinnacles have many Neptune barrel sponges, which increase in size the deeper they are.

Away from the rocks there are many pelagics, including great barracuda and juvenile yellowtails, mackerel, trevallies, dog-faced tuna, rainbow runners and big-eye jacks.

For featured dive centres

• Bans Diving Resort
• Planet Scuba
• Scuba Junction

Hawksbill Turtle

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