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Beacon Beach

Dive Location:  The reef spans the length of the south-eastern coastline of island #8, about 200m offshore.
Depth: Average 12-18m / Maximum 34m

The reef-flat is in just over 5m and features many small boulders of lesser star and brain corals, interspersed with familiar clusters of staghorns, all rich in colourful reef-fish like damsels, wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish, as well as large numbers of inquisitive triggerfish.

To the north are areas of foliaceous corals, such as lettuce and carnation, with many colourful reef-fish: bird and lunar wrasse, powder-blue surgeonfish, squirrelfish, soldierfish and Indian lionfish are all plentiful. The bottom is punctuated with large, impressive coral mounds and rocks, which are covered with soft corals in diverse hues, encrusting sponges and various tubeworms and featherstars.

For featured dive centres

• Phuket
• Khao Lak

East of Eden - Mu Koh Similan

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